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Sense Organs > Eye > Anterior Eye Segment > Iris
... > Body Regions > Head > Face > Eye > Anterior Eye Segment > Iris
Sense Organs > Eye > Uvea > Iris
... > Body Regions > Head > Face > Eye > Uvea > Iris

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Iris  

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  • inflammation = IRITIS but note IRIDOCYCLITIS is also available; color = EYE COLOR; /blood supply consider also CILIARY ARTERIES; pigmented epithelium of iris: coord IRIS with PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE

Scope note

  • The most anterior portion of the uveal layer, separating the anterior chamber from the posterior. It consists of two layers - the stroma and the pigmented epithelium. Color of the iris depends on the amount of melanin in the stroma on reflection from the pigmented epithelium.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007498

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