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Definition of Sclerotic coat
1. Noun. The whitish fibrous membrane (albuginea) that with the cornea forms the outer covering and protection of the eyeball.
Medical Definition of Sclerotic coat
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sclerotic Coat
Literary usage of Sclerotic coat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, William Sharpey, Allen Thomson, John G. Cleland (1867)
"Of these the hinder part, much the largest, is opaque and densely fibrous, and
is named the sclerotic coat, while the anterior smaller segment is ..."
2. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Edward Albert Schäfer, Johnson Symington, Thomas Hastie Bryce (1909)
"The sclerotic coat or solera, the tunic of the eye on which the maintenance of
the form of the organ chiefly depends, is a strong, ..."
3. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1900)
"The sclerotic coat. This coat is thickest at the hind pole of the eye, where it
is pierced by the optic nerve at the lamina cribrosa, and becomes gradually ..."
4. A Textbook of Physiology by Michael Foster (1891)
"The sclerotic coat. This coat is thickest at the hind pole of the eye, where it
is pierced by the optic nerve at the lamina cribrosa, and becomes gradually ..."
5. The Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Body by John Bell, Charles Bell (1829)
"In adults, the sclerotic coat is stronger and firmer, comparatively, ... In birds,
and the tortoise, the posterior part of the sclerotic coat is thin ..."
6. The Anatomy of the Frog by Alexander Ecker, George Haslam (1889)
"The sclerotic coat consists of fibrous tissue externally, with a layer of ...
The deeper surface of the sclerotic coat is lined with a layer of large ..."
7. The Word by Harold Waldwin Percival (1912)
"Many anatomists consider it as part of the sclerotic coat. The choroid is a highly
vascular ... The cornea has a greater curvature than the sclerotic coat. ..."
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