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THE ANATOMY OF THE HOESB. 



recognifsed as the black layer lying subjacent to the sclerotic. It does 

 not line the cornea, but terminates behind the line of junction of that 

 coat with the sclerotic, by a thickened edge — the ciliary processes. At 



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Fig. 32. 



View of the Lower Half of the Eight Adult Human Eye, divided horizoktallt 



THROUGH THE MIDDLE. MAGNIFIED FOUR TJMES {A, TUomSOtl). 



1. The cornea ; 1'. Its conjunctiTal layer ; 2. Tlxe sclerotic ; 2'. Sheath of the optic nerve paasiog 

 into the sclerotic ; 3. 3'. The choroid ; 4. Ciliary muscle, its radiating portion ; 4'. Cut fibres of the 

 circular portion ; 5. Ciliary fold or process ; 6. Placed in the posterior division of the aqueous 

 chamber, in front of the suspensory ligament of the lens ; 7. Theiiis (outer or temporal side) ; 7 , The 

 smaller, inner, or nasal side ; 8. Placed on the divided optic nerve, points to the arteria centralis 

 retinse ; 8'. Papilla optica at the passage of the optic nerve into the retina; 8" . Fovea centralis 

 retinae ; r. The nervous layer of the retina ; ?-'. The bacillary layer ; 9. Ora serrata, at the com- 

 mencement of the ciliary part of the retina ; 10. Canal of Petit ; 11. Anterior division of the 

 aqueous chamber, in front of the pupil ; 12. The crystalline lens, within its capsule ; 18. The vitreous 

 humour ; a, a. a. Parts of a line in the axis of the eye ; 6. b. b. b. A line in the transverse diameter, 



