uvea
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The uvea (; derived from meaning "grape"), also called the uveal layer, uveal coat, uveal tract, vascular tunic or vascular layer, is the pigmented middle layer of the three concentric layers that make up an eye, precisely between the inner retina and the outer fibrous layer composed of the sclera and cornea.
Key facts
- Anatomy.Name
- Uvea
- Anatomy.Latin
- tunica vasculosa bulbi
- Anatomy.Image
- Eye-diagram_no_circles_border.svg
- Anatomy.Caption
- Graphical representation of an eyeball. The constituents of the uvea follow: iris (labeled as 9), ciliary body (labeled as 3), and choroid (labeled as 28.)
- Anatomy.System
- Sensory nervous system
- Anatomy.location
- Lies between the corneosclera (outermost layer of the eye) and the retina (innermost layer/in the back of the eye
- Anatomy.Part_of
- The human eye
- Anatomy.Image2
- Gray869.png
- Anatomy.Caption2
- Horizontal section of the eyeball. The constituents of the uvea follow: iris labeled at top, ciliary body labeled at upper right, and choroid labeled at center right.)
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Research
50,926 papers- The uvea.Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) · 1973
- THE UVEA.Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) · 1964
- THE UVEA.Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) · 1965
- The uvea.Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) · 1968
- The uvea in ocular trauma.Ophthalmology clinics of North America · 2002
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- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C12811
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- History and etymology
- Structure
- Regions
- Function
- Pharmacology
- Immunology
- Clinical significance
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The uvea (; derived from meaning "grape"), also called the uveal layer, uveal coat, uveal tract, vascular tunic or vascular layer, is the pigmented middle layer of the three concentric layers that make up an eye, precisely between the inner retina and the outer fibrous layer composed of the sclera and cornea.
== History and etymology ==