SCLERA
\sklˈi͡ər], \sklˈiər], \s_k_l_ˈiə_r]\
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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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Sclerotica, sclerotic coat, white of the eye, a fibrous membrane forming the outer envelope of the eye, except for its anterior sixth which is occupied by the cornea.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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