THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. 



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water), and a chamber behind it filled with " vitreous 

 humor." 



The eye of Vertebrates is formed by the infolding of 

 the skin to create a lens, and an outgrowth of the brain 

 to make a sensitive 

 layer ; both enclosed in 

 a white spherical case 

 (sclerotic) made of 9 

 tough tissue, with a 

 transparent front, call- 8 

 ed the cornea. This 

 case is kept in shape 7 

 by two fluids the thin 

 aqueous humor filling 

 the cavity just behind 6 

 the cornea, and the 

 ielly-like vitreous hu- 

 mor occupying the lar- 

 ger posterior chamber. 

 Between the two hu- 

 mors lies the double- 

 convex crystalline lens. 

 On the front face of 

 the lens is a contractile 

 circular curtain (iris), 

 with a hole in the cen- 

 tre (pupil); and lin- 

 ing the sclerotic coat 

 is the choroid mem- ij 



hranp nnvprpfJ with Fm.l5S. Section of the Human Retina, X 400: 1, 



brane, co\ered witn iuterna]limitiugniemb! , ine . 2)0ptic . liervefibree . 



dark pigment. The 3 . ganglion cells ; 4, internal molecular layer; 5, 



internal grannies ; 6, external molecular layer; 7, 



OptlC nerve, entering exteraalgranules;8,exten)allimitingmembrane; 



at the back of the eye 9 ' layei- of rod8 and cone8 ; 10 ' pigment layen 

 through the sclerotic and choroid coats, expands into the 

 transparent retina, which consists of several layers 



