Sclera: whitish fibrous membrane (albuginea) that with the cornea forms the outer covering of the eyeball.
Source: WordNet 2.1
Sclera: tough white outer coat of the eyeball, continuous anteriorly with the cornea and posteriorly with the external sheath of the optic nerve.
Source: CRISP
Sclera: 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).
Source: MeSH 2007
Sclera (organ): White area of the front of the eye.
Sclera (organ): See Sclera (organ information).
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The following list attempts to classify Sclera into categories where each line is subset of the next.
Source: WordNet 2.1
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