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29 kwi 2023 · To understand the diseases and conditions that can affect the eye, it helps to understand basic eye anatomy. Here is a tour of the eye starting from the outside, going in through the front and working to the back.
- Lacrimal Gland
Located above the eye, this structure produces tears....
- Eye Muscles
One muscle moves the eye to the right, and one muscle moves...
- Meibomian Glands
These glands make oil that is an important part of the eye’s...
- Tear Film
Tears are made up of three layers: the oily layer on the...
- Tear Duct
Read an overview of general eye anatomy to learn how the...
- Peripheral Retina
The area of the retina outside the macula. The peripheral...
- Cones
Cones are a type of photoreceptor cell in the retina.They...
- Rods
Rods are a type of photoreceptor cell in the retina.They are...
- Lacrimal Gland
3 lis 2023 · Bony cavity within the skull that houses the eye and its associated structures (muscles of the eye, eyelid, periorbital fat, lacrimal apparatus) Bones of the orbit. Maxilla, zygomatic bone, frontal bone, ethmoid bone, lacrimal bone, sphenoid bone and palatine bone. Structure of the eye. Cornea, anterior chamber, lens, vitreous chamber and retina.
3 lis 2023 · The four anterior apertures are located at the scleral attachments of the rectus muscles, and they transmit the anterior ciliary arteries. The 4-5 middle apertures are found posterior to the equator of the eye, and they transmit the vorticose (vortex) veins.
9 paź 2024 · The iris is the colored part of the eye and is unique to each person. This structure is located in the front of the eye, between the cornea on the outside and the lens on the inside. The iris primarily regulates how much light reaches the retina by controlling the size of the eye’s “window,” or pupil.
20 mar 2021 · It lies in a bony cavity within the facial skeleton – known as the bony orbit. Anatomically, the eyeball can be divided into three parts – the fibrous, vascular and inner layers. In this article, we shall consider the anatomy of the eyeball in detail, and its clinical correlations.
Structure. A detailed medical illustration of the eye. MRI scan of the human eye. Humans have two eyes, situated on the left and the right of the face. The eyes sit in bony cavities called the orbits, in the skull. There are six extraocular muscles that control eye movements.
An Inside Look at the Eye. The outer covering of the eyeball consists of a relatively tough, white layer called the sclera (or white of the eye). Near the front of the eye, in the area protected by the eyelids, the sclera is covered by a thin, transparent membrane (conjunctiva), which runs to the edge of the cornea.
