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tunica fibrosa of eyeball

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The sclera and cornea form the fibrous tunic of the bulb of the eye; the sclera is opaque, and constitutes the posterior five-sixths of the tunic; the cornea is transparent, and forms the anterior sixth. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibrous_tunic_of_eyeball ]

Term info

Label

tunica fibrosa of eyeball

Synonyms
  • fibrous layer of eyeball
database cross reference
has broad synonym

tunica fibrosa

has related synonym

fibrous tunic, corneosclera

id

UBERON:0012430

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_7955