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  1. Fields of Study
  2. nervous system
  3. sensory system
  4. sense organs
  5. eyes
  6. sclera
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. nervous system
  3. sensory system
  4. sense organs
  5. eyes
  6. sclera
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. nervous system
  3. sensory system
  4. sense organs
  5. eyes
  6. sclera
  1. Fields of Study
  2. nervous system
  3. sensory system
  4. sense organs
  5. eyes
  6. sclera
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. nervous system
  3. sensory system
  4. sense organs
  5. eyes
  6. sclera
  1. Fields of Study
  2. nervous system
  3. sensory system
  4. sense organs
  5. eyes
  6. sclera
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. nervous system
  3. sensory system
  4. sense organs
  5. eyes
  6. sclera
  1. Fields of Study
  2. animal anatomy
  3. animal organs
  4. sense organs
  5. eyes
  6. sclera
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. animal anatomy
  3. animal organs
  4. sense organs
  5. eyes
  6. sclera
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. animal anatomy
  3. animal organs
  4. sense organs
  5. eyes
  6. sclera
  1. Fields of Study
  2. animal anatomy
  3. animal organs
  4. sense organs
  5. eyes
  6. sclera
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. animal anatomy
  3. animal organs
  4. sense organs
  5. eyes
  6. sclera
  1. Fields of Study
  2. animal anatomy
  3. animal organs
  4. sense organs
  5. eyes
  6. sclera
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. animal anatomy
  3. animal organs
  4. sense organs
  5. eyes
  6. sclera

Término preferido

sclera

Tipo

  • Topic

Definición

  • Information The white, opaque, fibrous, outer tunic of the eyeball, covering it entirely excepting the segment covered anteriorly by the cornea. It is essentially avascular but contains apertures for vessels, lymphatics, and nerves. It receives the tendons of insertion of the extraocular muscles and at the corneoscleral junction contains the canal of Schlemm.

    Fuente: Medical Subject Headings 2017

    Tipo: Concept definition

Concepto genérico

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Sinónimos

  • eye white

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/290574

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