Preferred Label : Sclera;
NCIt synonyms : White of Eye;
NCIt related terms : Human Sclera; EYE, SCLERA;
NCIt 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);
Alternative definition : NCI-GLOSS: The white layer of the eye that covers most of the outside of the eyeball.; CDISC: The fibrous, outer tunic of the eyeball that is continuous with the cornea.;
Codes from synonyms : CDR0000546599;
Origin ID : C12784;
UMLS CUI : C0036410;
Anatomic structure is physical part of
- Contains anatomical structure(s)
- Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- False automatic mappings
- Semantic type(s)
- UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- concept_is_in_subset
- is_associated_anatomic_site_of
- tissue_is_expression_site_of_gene_product
