Abstract
The coats of the eye consist of lamellar tissue. From a surgical standpoint we may distinguish zones with very regular lamellae, such as the cornea, from zones with irregular lamellae, such as the sclera. These zones differ optically in their transparency, and their anatomic junction occurs in the bluish-gray transition zone at the limbus (Fig. 5.1).
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Eisner, G. (1990). Operations on the Cornea and Sclera. In: Eye Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71799-4_7
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