The sclera, also known as the white of the eye or, in older literature, as the tunica albuginea oculi, is the opaque, fibrous, protective outer layer of...
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Scleral tattooing (redirect from Sclera tattoo)
Scleral tattooing is the practice of tattooing the sclera, or white part, of the human eye. Rather than being injected into the tissue, the dye is injected...
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Staphyloma (redirect from Equatorial sclera staphyloma)
of the eye. It occurs due to weakening of outer layer of eye (cornea or sclera) by an inflammatory or degenerative condition. It may be of five types,...
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English to refer to a folk belief according to which the visibility of the sclera above or under the irises has various meanings as an omen or symptom in...
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spot of the sclera) is one of the ocular signs of death in which a reddish-brown discoloration is transversely arranged across the sclera. It occurs when...
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The sclera and cornea form the fibrous tunic of the bulb of the eye; the sclera is opaque, and constitutes the posterior five-sixths of the tunic; the...
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known as icterus, is a yellowish or greenish pigmentation of the skin and sclera due to high bilirubin levels. Jaundice in adults is typically a sign indicating...
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Eye color (section Coloration of the sclera)
Joseph; Foster, C. Stephen (2012). "Noninflammatory Diseases of the Sclera". The Sclera. pp. 277–297. doi:10.1007/978-1-4419-6502-8_8. ISBN 978-1-4419-6501-1...
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known as a scleral contact lens, is a large contact lens that rests on the sclera and creates a tear-filled vault over the cornea. Scleral lenses are designed...
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the sclera. The capsule is perforated behind by the ciliary vessels and nerves and fuses with the sheath of the optic nerve and with the sclera around...
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