Angle of the Eye-Iridocorneal Angle

The upper part of the figure shows the substantiae propriae sclerae 1 and the cornea 2 . The slits in the sclera represent the canal of Schlemm (sinus venosus sclerae). The ciliary body with the ciliary muscle 6 forms lamella-shape d ciliary processes with a thin pars plana and a pars plicata. The processes are covered by a two-layered epithelium, which is thought to produce the intraocular fluid. The pars plicata 8 features about 70 ciliary processes  .

1 Substantia propria sclerae

2 Substantia propria corneae

3 Angle of the eye (Schwalbe’s line)

4 Anterior chamber of the eye

5 Iris

6 Ciliary muscle

7 Pigmented epithelium of the iris

8 Ciliary processus

Stain: hematoxylin-eosin; magnification: × 40

References

Kuehnel, W.(2003). Color Atlas of Cytology, Histology, and Microscopic Anatomy. 4^th edition . Institute of Anatomy Universitätzu Luebeck Luebeck, Germany . Thieme Stuttgart · New York .