cornea

Clear eye layer

The cornea is the transparent outer layer at the front of the eye, covering the iris and pupil.

It serves as the eye's primary lens, bending light as it enters.

Corneal transplants replace damaged corneas.

She scratched her cornea putting in contacts.

anatomy

sclera

Eyeball's outer membrane

  • irisEye's pigmented disc
  • pupilLearner or eye opening
  • lensLight-focusing curved glass

retina · conjunctiva · epithelium · stroma · endothelium · eyelid · lacrimal · optic nerve · vitreous · fovea

conditions

astigmatism

Irregular corneal curvature disorder

trachoma

optics

refraction

Wave bending between media

diopter · light · astigmatic · spherical · convex · clarity · visual acuity · aberration · wavefront · pellucid

treatment

LASIK

Corneal vision correction

graft · crosslinking · sutures · rejection

examination

topography

Physical feature mapping

Categories
Opposites
eye anatomy - anterior vs posterior

cornearetina

Light-sensing tissue layer

sclera · optic nerve · choroid · iris · fundus

Phrases
Family

corner, unicorn, cornucopia, corneal, corneas

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G