The Anthromica Library
The human body one structure at a time. Every page has a 3D model you can turn, with its parts numbered on it, where it sits, what it does and what supplies it.
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- Ampulla of lacrimal canaliculusAmpulla canaliculi lacrimalisA small widening at the bend of each lacrimal canaliculus, near the inner corner of the eyelid, on the tears' route to the lacrimal sac.
- Anterior chamber of eyeballCamera anterior bulbi oculiThe fluid-filled space at the front of the eye, bounded by the back of the cornea in front and the iris and lens behind.
- Anterior segment of eyeballSegmentum anterius bulbi oculiThe front portion of the eyeball, comprising cornea, iris, ciliary body, lens and the two chambers of aqueous humour.
- CorneaThe clear, dome-shaped front of the eyeball, set into the sclera at the limbus and lying in front of the anterior chamber, iris and pupil.
- IrisThe coloured, ring-shaped diaphragm of the eye, lying between cornea and lens, whose central opening, the pupil, controls how much light enters.
- Lacrimal canaliculusCanaliculus lacrimalisA fine tear-draining channel in the medial part of each eyelid, running from the lacrimal punctum to the lacrimal sac.
- Lacrimal glandGlandula lacrimalisThe almond-shaped tear gland lying in the upper outer corner of each orbit, which makes the watery layer of the tear film.
- Lacrimal sacSaccus lacrimalisThe closed upper end of the nasolacrimal passage, lying in the lacrimal fossa at the medial wall of the orbit and receiving the canaliculi.
- LensThe transparent, biconvex focusing body of the eye, hung behind the iris from the ciliary body by the zonular fibres.
- Nasolacrimal ductDuctus nasolacrimalisThe membranous tube leading tears downwards from the lacrimal sac through a bony canal to open into the inferior meatus of the nose.
- Palatine tonsilTonsilla palatinaA paired mass of lymphoid tissue in the side wall of the oropharynx, lodged between the palatoglossal and palatopharyngeal arches.
- Posterior segment of eyeballSegmentum posterius bulbi oculiThe rear and larger portion of the eyeball, behind the lens, containing the vitreous body and lined by the retina, choroid and sclera.
- RetinaThe thin, light-sensitive inner coat of the eyeball, lining the posterior segment and converting the focused image into signals carried by the optic nerve.
- ScleraThe tough, opaque white outer coat covering the back five-sixths of the eyeball, continuous with the cornea in front and the optic nerve sheath behind.
- Suspensory ligament of eyeballLigamentum suspensorium bulbiA sling-like thickening of the fascial sheath of the eyeball, slung beneath the globe between the medial and lateral orbital walls.
- Vitreous bodyCorpus vitreumThe clear, jelly-like mass filling the large chamber of the eyeball between the back of the lens and the retina.