Definition of Choroid coat

1. Noun. A highly vascular membrane in the eye between the retina and the sclera; a dark pigmentation minimizes the scattering of light inside the eye.

Exact synonyms: Choroid
Group relationships: Eye, Oculus, Optic
Generic synonyms: Membrane, Tissue Layer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Choroid Coat

chorizo
chorizos
chorkor
chorks
choro
chorograph
chorographer
chorographers
chorographic
chorographical
chorographies
chorographs
chorography
choroid
choroid branches
choroid coat (current term)
choroid diseases
choroid fissure
choroid glomus
choroid haemorrhage
choroid neoplasms
choroid plexus neoplasms
choroid plexus of fourth ventricle
choroid plexus of lateral ventricle
choroid plexus of third ventricle
choroid plexus papilloma
choroid skein
choroid tela of fourth ventricle
choroid tela of third ventricle

Literary usage of Choroid coat

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1900)
"The choroid coat. This, which around the optic nerve behind and at the junction of the cornea and sclerotic in front is closely attached to the sclerotic ..."

2. A Textbook of Physiology by Michael Foster (1891)
"The choroid coat. This, which around the optic nerve behind and at the junction of the cornea and sclerotic in front is closely attached to the sclerotic ..."

3. The Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Body by John Bell, Charles Bell (1829)
"OF THE choroid coat. The choroid is the vascular tunic of the eye : it is so ... It was Ruysch who observed this division of the choroid coat into two ..."

4. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, William Sharpey, John Cleland, Allen Thomson (1867)
"... gradually into a web without pigment : it resembles elastic tissue in its chemical and physical properties. The inner part of the choroid coat (tunica ..."

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