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TUNICA VASCULOSA BULBI [1 record]

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Record 1 2025-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Animal Anatomy
  • The Eye
Universal entry(ies)
tunica vasculosa bulbi
Latin
CONT

The uveal tract has 3 main parts: (1) the choroid (the tissue layer filled with blood vessels); (2) the ciliary body (the ring of tissue that contains muscles that change the shape of the lens and makes the clear fluid that fills the space between the cornea and the iris; and (3) the iris (the colored part of the eye).

OBS

The uvea is the middle of three layers that make up [the eye’s] outer walls.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Anatomie animale
  • Oeil
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
tunica vasculosa bulbi
Latin
CONT

La tunique uvéale, ou uvée, [comprend] trois éléments : l'iris en avant, le corps ciliaire [et] la choroïde en arrière, sous la rétine.

Spanish

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