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Choriocapillaris

They form the inner vascular layer of the choroid Alternate names – capillary lamina of choriod It supplies the outer layers of the retina Relations Interiorly related to

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Anterior ciliary arteries

Arteries of eyeball – lateral view Origin – muscular branches of ophthalmic artery Course and supply: Reaches the eyeball by passing along with the tendons of the rectus

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Short posterior ciliary artery

Arteries of eyeball – lateral view Origin – ophthalmic artery Course and supply: they are about 7 in number passes along the sides of the optic nerve to

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Schwalbe's line

It is an anatomical structure seen in the interior of the cornea of the eye It represents the termination of the descemet’s membrane of the eye It is

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Vision 2020 – The right to sight

‘Vision 2020 – The right to sight’ is a global initiative by the WHO launched in 1999. WHO together with the ‘Task Force of International Non Governmental Organisations’

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GET 2020 – Acronym

GET 2020 stands for: Global Elimination of Trachoma by the year 2020. (A global alliance created by WHO)

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WHO definition of 'blindness'

WHO in 1972 proposed a universal definition of blindness – ‘a visual acuity of less than 3/60 (snellen) or its equivalent’ In case snellen’s chart / other equipments

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Layers of retina

The layers of the retina from outside inwards are: Pigment epithelium Layer of rods and cones – Formed by rods and cones – the photoreceptor cells External limiting

Definitions

Ligament of wieger

Attachment of anterior surface of vitreous to the posterior surface of the intraocular lens.

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