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Sense Organs > Eye > Uvea > Choroid
... > Body Regions > Head > Face > Eye > Uvea > Choroid

Preferred term

Choroid  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Choriocapillaris
  • Haller's Layer
  • Sattler Layer

Note

  • in the eye: do not confuse with CHOROID PLEXUS (in the brain); inflammation = CHOROIDITIS or CHORIORETINITIS; /blood supply consider also CILIARY ARTERIES

Scope note

  • The thin, highly vascular membrane covering most of the posterior of the eye between the RETINA and SCLERA.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D002829

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