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    cells at the limbus. The limbus sign shows dystrophic calcification of the limbus, appearing as an abnormal white color. The corneal limbus may be cut to...
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  • Look up limbus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Limbus (Lat. "edge, boundary") may refer to: Corneal limbus, the border of the cornea and the sclera...
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    Cornea (redirect from Corneal)
    cornea is albumin. The human cornea borders with the sclera at the corneal limbus. In lampreys, the cornea is solely an extension of the sclera, and is...
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    sclera meets the cornea. It is a dark-colored manifestation of the corneal limbus resulting from optical properties of the region. The appearance and...
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  • The limbus sign is a ring of dystrophic calcification evident as a "milky precipitate" (i.e. abnormal white color) at the corneal limbus. The corneal limbus...
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    Arcus senilis (redirect from Corneal arcus)
    can have a similar color and appearance. Limbus sign is caused by dystrophic calcification at the corneal limbus, and can be confused with AS in geriatric...
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    cells, also known as corneal epithelial stem cells, are unipotent stem cells located in the basal epithelial layer of the corneal limbus. They form the border...
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    Corneal opacification is a term used when the human cornea loses its transparency. The term corneal opacity is used particularly for the loss of transparency...
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    special type of corneal ulcer called Mooren's ulcer. It has a circumferential crater like depression of the cornea, just inside the limbus, usually with...
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    temporal side of the eyeball. This insertion is around 7 mm from the corneal limbus. It has a width of around 10 mm. The lateral rectus is the only muscle...
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    several ways: Distortion of the corneal optics. This begins usually when the pterygium is greater than 2mm from the corneal limbus. Disruption of the tear. The...
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    orbit (left/right) annulus of Zinn at orbital apex 7.5 mm superior to corneal limbus ophthalmic artery oculomotor nerve [CNIII], superior branch adducts...
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    opposed to the near-uniform thickness and parallel arrangement of the corneal collagen. Moreover, the cornea bears more mucopolysaccharide (a carbohydrate...
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    thin membrane which envelops the eyeball from the optic nerve to the corneal limbus, separating it from the orbital fat and forming a socket in which it...
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  • Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (category Corneal transplantation)
    incisions just anterior to the corneal limbus. The donor tissue is tamponaded against the person's exposed posterior corneal stroma by injecting a small...
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    This could result in the early development of arcus lipoides, hazy corneal limbus, and hyperopia. There is evidence that cornea plana 2 is caused by mutations...
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    insertion has a width of around 10.5 mm. It is around 7 mm from the corneal limbus. The inferior rectus muscle is supplied by an inferior muscular branch...
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    performed by Custer et al.: The conjunctival peritomy is performed at the corneal limbus, preserving as much healthy tissue as possible. Anterior Tenon's fascia...
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    incision into the anterior chamber of the eye is made at or near the corneal limbus, where the cornea and sclera meet, either superior or temporal. Advantages...
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    in the cartilage of the ear and other cartilage, and the sclera and corneal limbus of the eye. After the age of 30, people begin to develop pain in the...
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    iris resulting from a manifestation of the optical properties of the corneal limbus. Limbal rings are not present in all individuals, and their thickness...
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    conjunctiva is the thin transparent tissue that covers the eye from the Corneal limbus to the lid margin. Many conditions can lead to the inflammation of the...
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    five-sixths; its diameter is typically about 24 mm (0.94 in). An area termed the limbus connects the cornea and sclera. The iris is the pigmented circular structure...
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  • incision into the anterior chamber of the eye is made at or near the corneal limbus, where the cornea and sclera meet, either superior or temporal. Advantages...
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    This insertion has a width of around 11 mm. It is around 8 mm from the corneal limbus. The superior rectus muscle is supplied by the superior division of...
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    brown, golden, or reddish-green, are 1 to 3 mm wide, and appear at the corneal limbus. They do not occur in all people with Wilson's disease and may be seen...
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  • the limbus at a 60°angle. The anterior chamber drainage angle is then graded as a ratio between the peripheral anterior chamber depth and corneal thickness...
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    Corneal neovascularization (CNV) is the in-growth of new blood vessels from the pericorneal plexus into avascular corneal tissue as a result of oxygen...
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    thickened accumulation of tissue around limbus and presence of discrete whitish raised dots along the limbus (Tranta's spots). Mixed form- Shows the features...
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  • Corneosclera with 8. Cornea, 9. Trabecular meshwork and Schlemm's canal. 10. Corneal limbus and 11. Sclera; 12. Conjunctiva, 13. Uvea with 14. Iris, 15. Ciliary...
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