The pigmented middle of the three concentric layers that make up an eye, consisting of the iris, ciliary body and choroid[WP,edited]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uvea MP:0005197 ]
Synonyms: tunica vasculosa of eyeball uveal tract uvea
Term information
- UMLS:C0042160 (ncithesaurus:Uvea)
- SCTID:280648000
- CALOHA:TS-2228
- GAID:912
- FMA:58103
- MA:0002480
- MESH:D014602
- Wikipedia:Uvea
- EMAPA:35901
- NCIT:C12811
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
pars iridica retinae
tunica vasculosa bulbi
tunica vasculatis oculi
vascular layer of eyeball
Term relations
- organ component layer
- cellular anatomical structure
- has part some iris
- has part some ciliary body
- part of some anterior segment of eyeball
- contributes to morphology of some camera-type eye
- has part some optic choroid