Sulcus sclerae

Related terms: Scleral sulcus

In front of eyeball, the sclera is directly continuous with the cornea, the line of union being termed the sclero-corneal junction. This line forms a shallow groove produced by the stronger curvature of the cornea, called the sulcus sclerae.

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This definition incorporates text from the wikipedia website - Wikipedia: The free encyclopedia. (2004, July 22). FL: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Retrieved August 10, 2004, from http://www.wikipedia.org