loading...| Preferred Name | Sclera | |
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| Definitions |
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. (From Cline et al., Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed) |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C12784 |
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| ALT_DEFINITION |
The fibrous, outer tunic of the eyeball that is continuous with the cornea. The white layer of the eye that covers most of the outside of the eyeball. |
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C12784 |
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| Contributing_Source |
CDISC FDA |
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| definition |
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. (From Cline et al., Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed) |
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Sclera |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C77529 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C54452 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C77526 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C133239 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C74456 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C66830 |
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| label |
Sclera |
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| Legacy Concept Name |
Sclera |
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| Preferred_Name |
Sclera |
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| prefixIRI |
NCIT:C12784 |
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| prefLabel |
Sclera |
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| Semantic_Type |
Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component |
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| UMLS_CUI |
C0036410 |
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