THE CHOROID, CILIARY BODY, AND IRIS 



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elastic layer of the cornea. In this ligament are numerous lymph spaces, the spaces 

 of Fontana (spatia anguli iridis) [Fontanae]) (Fig. 806), and they join the canal of 



fegORBICULARIS 

 ^"CILIARIS 



CILIARY 

 PROCESSES 



RIS (poste- 

 lor surface) 



.EQUATOR 

 OF LENS 



FIG. 805. A portion of the core 



magnified. The ciliary processes and the ciliary folds. (Toldt.) 



Schlemm to the anterior chamber of the eye. The inner or free edge of the iris 

 forms the margin of the pupil, and is called the pupillary margin (margo pupillaris) 

 (Fig. 807). The surfaces of the iris are flattened, and look forward and backward, 

 the anterior toward the cornea, the posterior toward the ciliary processes and lens. 



Circ. fibres 

 of sclera. 



Circ. fibres / 

 of Ciliary muscle 



Radiating 



fibres of 



Ciliary muscle. 



^ ( Pars ciliaria 

 \ r'etinse. 



FIG. 806. Section of the eye, showing the relations of the cornea, sclera, and iris, together with the Ciliary 

 muscle and the cavernous spaces near the angle of the anterior chamber. (Waldeyer.) 



The iris is pigmented and the color of an individual's eyes depends upon this 

 pigment. The anterior surface (fades anterior} (Figs. 807 and 820) of the iris 



