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Iris. Frontally-located, round, variably colored |
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Lesser arterial circle of iris. Circulus arteriosus |
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tral aperture (pupil). The iris forms the poste- |
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rior border of the anterior chamber of the eye. |
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tomoses between the radial branches of the |
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Its lateral margins become continuous with the |
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greater arterial circle. A |
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ciliary body. A |
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Pupillary membrane. [Membrana pupillaris]. |
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Pupillary margin. Margo pupillaris. Medial (in- |
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brane around the lens that is situated behind |
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the pupil. It is fused to the pupillary margin and |
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Ciliary margin. Margo ciliaris. Lateral (external) |
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idocorneal angle. B |
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Tunica interna bulbi. It comprises the retina |
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Anterior surface. Facies anterior. It faces the |
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anterior chamber. B |
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Retina. Inner lining of eyeball developed from |
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Posterior surface. Facies posterior. Surface |
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facing the posterior chamber. A B |
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light-sensitive (pars optica). B |
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Greater ring (circle) of iris. Anulus iridis major. |
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Ciliary segment of the iris, and outer cirucular |
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transforming light stimuli into nerve impulses. |
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zone on the anterior surface of the iris. It is |
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coarser and broader than the lesser ring. A |
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extends as far anteriorly as the ora serrata. B |
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Lesser ring (circle) of iris. Anulus iridis minor. |
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Pigmented part. Pars pigmentosa. Pigment |
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Pupillary segment of iris. Narrow, circular inner |
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optic cup. B |
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Nervous part. Pars nervosa. Retina proper con- |
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Iridial folds. Plicae iridis. Folds passing around |
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internal to the pigment epithelium. B |
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Neuroepithelial (photosensitive) layer. Stratum |
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iris. They make the pupillary margin appear |
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slightly serrated. A |
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neuroepitheliale (photosensorium). Outer layer |
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Pupil. Pupilla. Aperture in the iris surrounded |
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of the cerebral stratum. It consists of rods and |
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by the pupillary margin of the iris. Its diameter |
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cones, the outer segments of which affect the |
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varies depending upon the intensity of light and |
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transformation of light stimuli into nerve im- |
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pulses. Cell bodies of rods and cones form the |
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M. sphincter pupillae. Network of spirally |
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coursing muscle fibers the longitudinal axes of |
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Internal nuclear layer. [[Stratum ganglionare reti- |
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which run approximately parallel to the pupil- |
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lary margin when the pupil is dilated. It is in- |
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nervated by parasympathetic fibers from the |
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oculomotor nerve. B |
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Ganglion cell layer. [[Stratum ganglionare n. op- |
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M. dilator pupillae. Thin layer of smooth |
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muscle mainly comprised of radially oriented |
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fibers. It is innervated by sympathetic fibers |
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polar cell bodies of initially non-myelinated |
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ganglion cells the axons of which form the optic |
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Stroma iridis. Vascular framework of the iris in- |
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Ora serrata. Serrated margin between the |
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than the rest and are divided by a fine fibrous |
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neural retina. B C |
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Pars ciliaris retinae. Light-insensitive retinal |
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Pigmented (posterior) epithelium. Epithelium |
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pigmentosum. Bilayered epithelium on the |
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posterior surface of the iris. It is so heavily pig- |
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layer of epithelium is continuous with the pig- |
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Spaces of iridocorneal angle [spaces of Fon- |
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tana]. Spatia anguli iridocornealis. Interstices |
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devoid of pigment. B |
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They form passageways that convey aqueous |
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segment on the posterior surface of the iris. It is |
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fluid to the sinus venosus sclerae. A |
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Greater arterial circle of iris. Circulus arterio- |
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sus iridis major. Ringlike vascular system with |
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iris. Both layers are heavily pigmented. B |
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radiating branches. It is formed by anastomoses |
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Optic disc (papilla). Discus nervi optici [papilla |
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Iridocorneal angle. Angulus iridocornealis. |
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nervi optici]. Beginning of the optic nerve as |
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visualized in the fundus about 3−4 mm medial |
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trabecular meshwork, the interstices of which |
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to the macula. It is about 1.6 mm in diameter. C |
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serve as passageways that drain aqueous humor |
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2 Physiological cup. Excavatio disci. Depression |
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Aqueous humor. Humor aquosus. Fluid pro- |
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the central retinal artery and vein. C |
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3 Macula [[lutea]]. Transversely oval, yellowish |
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consists of 98% water, 1.4% NaCl and traces of |
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area, 2−4 mm in diameter, at the posterior pole |
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of the retina. C |
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54 Fovea centralis. Central fovea, a small depres-
sion in the macula caused by thinning of the upper retinal layers. Its diameter, measured
6from the beginning of the decrease in retinal thickness from one side to the other, is approxi-
7mately 1−2 mm. B C
5Foveola. Thinnest area of fovea centralis with a
8diameter of about 0.2−0.4 mm. Here, the retina is comprised entirely of approx. 2500 closely packed cones. B
96 Retinal blood vessels. Vasa sanguinae retinae. Branches of the central retinal artery and vein
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7Circle of arteries around the optic nerve. Cir-
11culus vasculosus nervi optici. Small vascular ring penetrating the sclera around the optic nerve.
128 Superior temporal arteriole/venule or retina.
Arteriola/venula temporalis retinae superior.
13Lateral upper branch of the central retinal artery and vein. C
149 Inferior temporal arteriole/venule of retina.
Arteriola/venula temporalis retinae inferior. Lateral lower branch of the central retinal artery
15and vein. C
10 Superior nasal arteriole/venule of retina.
16Arteriola/venula nasalis retinae superior. Upper medial branch of the central retinal artery and
vein. C
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11 Inferior nasal arteriole/venule of retina. Arteriola/venula nasalis retinae inferior. Lower me-
18dial branch of the central retinal artery and vein. C
1912 Superior macular arteriole/venule. Arteriola/ venula macularis superior. They supply and drain the upper part of the macula. C
2013 Inferior macular arteriole/venule. Arteriola/ venula macularis inferior. They supply and
21drain the lower part of the macula. C
14 Medial arteriole/venule of retina. Arteriola/
22venula medialis retinae. Small branches that supply and drain the medial part of retina proximal to the optic disc. C
2314 a CHAMBERS OF THE EYE. Camerae bulbi.
15 Anterior chamber. Camera anterior. Space that
24extends from the anterior surface of the iris to the posterior surface of the cornea and com-
25municates with the posterior chamber via the pupil. A