The sclera runs from the cornea at the front of the eye to the back, where the optic nerve is. It surrounds but does not cover the iris, which is the colored part of the eye. The word "sclera ...

The sclera is the white external tunic that envelops the eye from the limbus or corneoscleral junction (anterior), and to the cribriform plate of the optic nerve head (posterior) (Figure 1).

Marking a breakthrough in advanced ophthalmic care, Dr Agarwals Eye Hospital successfully performed a complex surgical ...

Scleral lenses are a special type of contact lens designed for people who have complications with corneal problems. The lenses are made to fit over the cornea, resting on the eye to correct the vision ...

Children with ocular surface disease and irregular cornea/refractive conditions treated with scleral lenses experienced improvement in visual acuity. Larger diameters did not prevent successful ...

Traditional contact lenses sit on your eye’s cornea, but scleral lenses are gas-permeable lenses designed to sit on your sclera or whites of your eyes. Because scleral lenses are large ...

It's so well constructed. You've got the iris, the cornea, the pupil, and the sclera, are all working together to allow us to see. The eye muscles have to be fast. Just to track an object involves ...

Standard contact lenses cover the eye’s cornea. However, gas-permeable scleral lenses are specially made to sit on the sclera, which is the whites of the eyes. Because of the size of scleral ...