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Yves Clermont, Michael Lalli, Zsuzsanna Bencsath-Makkai
LIGHT-MICROSCOPIC HISTOLOGY ATLAS

18. Eye

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18.10 Eye

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Drawing showing the anterior components of the ocular globe. This field corresponds to the framed area B in Figure 18.1.

The following structures are illustrated (they will be examined histologically in figures 18.11 to 18.24):

Cornea
Iris
Anterior and posterior chambers of the eye containing the aqueous humour
Ciliary body sitting on the sclera and composed of ciliary muscles and of fingerlike ciliary processes
Lens

The ciliary body is the insertion site of the zonular fibres that reach the lens and attach to its surface.

Posteriorly, the eye cavity is occupied by the transparent vitreous body.

The ciliary body is continuous posteriorly with the choroid and its epithelium is continuous with the retina at the ora serrata.

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