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Uvea
Pigmented middle of the three concentric layers that make up an eye / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the island and chiefdom in Wallis & Futuna, see Wallis (island) and Uvea (Wallis and Futuna).
For the island and municipality in New Caledonia, see Ouvéa Island and Ouvéa.
For the languages, see East Uvean and West Uvean.
The uvea (/ˈjuːviə/;[1] derived from Latin: uva 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.
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Uvea | |
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![]() 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.) | |
![]() 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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Part of | The human eye |
System | Sensory nervous system |
Location | Lies between the corneosclera (outermost layer of the eye) and the retina (innermost layer/in the back of the eye |
Identifiers | |
Latin | tunica vasculosa bulbi |
MeSH | D014602 |
TA98 | A15.2.03.001 |
TA2 | 6752 |
FMA | 58103 |
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