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PHYLUM MOLLUSC A 



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portion of the integument covering the exposed face of the eye is 

 termed the false cornea {corn). The eye-ball has a firm wall, or 

 sclerotic, strengthened by plates of cartillage {scl. cart). Externally, 

 i.e., on the side turned towards the surface of the head, this presents a 

 large opening— the ]]upil. The part of the sclerotic which imme- 

 diately bounds the pupil is termed iYieiris (ir) ; it contains muscu- 

 lar fibres by whose action the size of the pupil can, to a limited 

 extent,_be increased or diminished. Just internal to the iris and 

 projecting slightly through the pupil is the lens— a dense glassy- 

 looking body of a spherical shape. The lens consists of two plano- 

 convex lenses in close apposition ; it is supported by an annular 



scL-cart 



ir 



orb.cci.rt 



Fig. 008. — Sepia, sectiun of eye. eU. pvoc. ciliary processes ; com. false cornea ; ir. iris ; lens^ 

 lens ; opt. ,</ optic ganglion ; orh. cart, orbital cartilage ; vJn. rods ; rt7. retina ; f^cl. cart, sclerotic 

 cartilage. (From Vogt and Jung, after Hensen.) 



process — the cilictry process (cil. prcc.) — projecting inwards from the 

 sclerotic. Between the two parts of the lens lies a thin layer of 

 cells — the cornea. The lens with the ciliary process divides the 

 cavity of the eye into two portions, a smaller outer — the cavity of 

 the aqueous humoiir, — containing water, and a larger inner, contain- 

 ing a gelatinous substance — the vitreous humour. Over the wall 

 of this inner chamber extends the retina {ret), the sensitive part of 

 the eye, in which the optic nerve- fibres derived from the optic 

 ganglion terminate. The retina is of somewhat complicated 

 structure, consisting of a number of layers: of these that which 



