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Anatomy of the eye

Tear device

Tear device

Tear device (lat. organa lacrimalia ) consists of the lacrimal glands located in the outer upper part of the orbit (they produce tears), and the drainage channels responsible for the drainage of tears into the nose.Tears produced in the lacrimal glands move towards...

Ray body (ciliary body)

Ray body (ciliary body)

Ray body or ciliary body (lat. corpus ciliare ) is ring-shaped and is located on the inside of the sclera a little behind the iris. It is made up of many blood vessels, muscle and nerve threads. In its front part, it continues to the iris, and a little further back,...

Vitreous body (glass or vitreus)

Vitreous body (glass or vitreus)

The vitreous body, vitreous (lat. corpus vitreum ) fills the entire interior of the eye behind the lens. Its role is optical, because it is transparent and allows light to pass through, as well as mechanical, i.e. maintaining the constant tension and size of the...

Palpebrae

Palpebrae

More (Latin palpebrae ) cover the eye from the front and thus protect it. Both the upper and lower eyelids are built almost the same, and consist of several layers. Looking from the outside in, these are the skin, the muscle layer, the connective layer (tarsus) and...

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Diseases and errors of the eye

Glaucoma

Glaucoma

Glaucoma is a disease characterized by increased eye pressure and changes in the field of vision and the optic nerve. This disease is popularly known as green barbel. The normal level of eye pressure is from 12 to 22 mm Hg (mercury). The origin and distribution of...

Diseases of the vitreous body

Diseases of the vitreous body

The main characteristic of the vitreous body (glass) is transparency. Diseases affecting the surrounding structures cause its clouding and, consequently, weakening of vision or symptoms such as "threads" and "dash lines" before the eyes. There are several groups of...

Diseases of the retina

Diseases of the retina

Diabetic retinopathy By diabetic retinopathy (lat. Retinopathia diabetica) we mean a set of changes in the blood vessels and adjacent structures of the eye background, primarily the retina, which are caused by a long duration of diabetes mellitus (lat. diabetes...

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Physics of the eye

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