1) Anatomical structure 2) Bodily structure 3) Body structure 4) Choroid coat location 5) Ciliary body locale 6) Ciliary body setting 7) Colored layer 8) Colored part 9) Colored part of the eye 10) Colored portion of the eye 11) Complex body part 12) Eye area 13) Eye feature 14) Eye layer 15) Eye layer containing the iris
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==Anatomy== ===Regions=== The uvea is the vascular middle layer of the eye. It is traditionally divided into three areas, from front to back, the: ==Physiology== The prime functions of the uveal tract as a unit are: 1. nutrition and gas exchange. Uveal vessels directly perfuse the ciliary body and iris, to support their metabolic needs, and indire...
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• (n.) The posterior pigmented layer of the iris; -- sometimes applied to the whole iris together with the choroid coat.
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(from the article `uveitis`) inflammation of the uvea, the middle coat of the eyeball, which is pigmented and contains blood vessels. The uvea consists of three parts: the iris, ... The middle coat of the eye is called the uvea (from the Latin for `grape`) because the eye looks like a reddish-blue grape when the outer coat ha...
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The middle layer of the wall of the eye. The uvea has 3 main parts: (1) the choroid (the tissue layer filled with blood vessels); (2) the ciliary body (the ring of muscle tissue that changes the size of the pupil and the shape of the lens); and (3) the iris (the colored part of the eye). Also called uveal tract.
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The Middle layer of the eye, consisting of the iris, ciliary body and choroid.
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The middle layer of the vertebrate eye. The uvea consists collectively of the iris, the choroid, and the ciliary body. The anterior (front) uvea includes the iris and ciliary body. The posterior (back) uvea is the choroid. Inflammation (or swelling) of any of these parts or their adjacent tissues ...
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(u´ve-ә) the tunica vasculosa of the eyeball, consisting of the iris, ciliary body, and choroid. adj., u´veal, adj. .
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Type: Term Pronunciation: yū′vē-ă Synonyms: vascular layer of eyeball
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Uvea: Part of the eye, consisting collectively of the iris, the choroid of the eye, and the ciliary body The iris: The circular, colored curtain of the eye that surrounds the pupil. The choroid of the eye: The thin vascular middle layer of the eye that is situated between the sclera (the white of the eye) and the retina (the nerve layer that lines ...
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Cellular layer of the eye that contains blood vessels, the iris, ciliary body, and choroid.
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n] - the part of the eye that contains the iris and ciliary body and choroid
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uvea Part of the eye, consisting collectively of the iris, the choroid of the eye, and the ciliary body. The iris is the circular, colored curtain of the eye that surrounds the pupil. The choroid of the eye is the thin vascular middle layer of the eye that is situated between the sclera (the white of the eye) and the retina (the nerve layer that ...
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a structure consisting of the coloured area of the eye and the middle layer of the eye that contains blood vessels
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noun the part of the eye that contains the iris and ciliary body and choroid
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Latin uva = grape. The pigmented vascular layer of the eyeball (iris, ciliary body and choroid).
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The vascular layer of the eye comprised of the iris, ciliary body, and choroid. The function is nutritio.n
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the vascular tunic of the eye, comprising the iris, choroid coat, and ciliary body.
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