UID:
almafu_9958132024902883
Format:
1 online resource (408 p.)
ISBN:
1-281-05094-6
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9786611050948
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0-08-047609-0
Series Statement:
Advances in organ biology ; v. 10
Content:
Acknowledgement This book is the result of a collective effort. Due to an oversight, mention of three of the contributors who played an especially decisive role in bringing the work to fruition was omitted from the book. They should share fully in the intellectual credits accruing from this publication. I would therefore like to acknowledge and thank the following for their outstanding contributions to editing the work: Dr. Morten Dornonville la Cour (MD, Dr. Med. Sci.) solicited and edited the chapters on retina, RPE, choroid, vitreous, immunology, and sclera. Dr. la
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Description based upon print version of record.
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Cover Page; The Biology of the Eye; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1: Why the Eye Is Round; I. Introduction; II. Why Are Things Round?; A. Inanimate Objects; B. Animate Objects; III. Why Are Eyes Round?; A. Optical Properties; B. Eye Movement; C. Hollow; D. Phylogeny and/or Ontogeny; E. Conclusions; IV. Pressure; A. Surface Tension; B. Pressure in the Eye; V. Aqueous Flow; A. Balance of Inflow and Outflow; B. Inflow; C. Outflow; VI. The Ciliary Body; A. Structure; B. Numbers in Science; C. Reynolds Number; D. Peclet Number; E. Concentration Number; F. Fluid Transport
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G. Ion TransportH. Active or Passive; VII. Large Scale Aqueous Motions; VIII. Control of Intraocular Pressure; IX. Summary; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 2: Tears and Their Secretion; I. Functions of the Tear Film; II. Organization of the Tear Film; III. Orbital Glands and Ocular Surface Epithelia that Secrete Tears; IV. Secretion of the Lipid Layer of the Tear Film; A. Meibomian Glands; B. Functional Anatomy; C. Regulation of Secretion; D. Secretory Product; E. Function of Lipid Layer; V. Secretion of the Aqueous Layer of the Tear Film; A. Main Lacrimal Gland
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B. Accessory Lacrimal GlandsC. Corneal Epithelium; D. Conjunctival Epithelium; E. Function of the Aqueous Layer of the Tear Film; VI. Secretion of the Tear Film Mucous Layer; A. Goblet Cells; B. Corneal and Conjunctival Stratified Squamous Cells; C. Function of the Tear Film Mucous Layer; VII. Role of Tear Secretion in Maintaining the Ocular Surface; Acknowledgments; References; Further Reading; Chapter 3: The Cornea; Introduction; I. Gross Anatomy; II. Embryology; III. Structure and Composition of Epithelium; A. The Tear Film; B. Light and Dark Cells; C. Langerhans Cells; D. Innervation
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E. Limbal StructureIV. Structure and Composition of Stroma; V. Aspects of Physiology; A. Function of the Epithelium as a Barrier; VI. Epithelial Permeability and Electrophysiology; VII. Nutrition and Metabolic Supply; VIII. Metabolic Pathways in the Cornea; IX. Renewal of Epithelium and Stroma; A. Image Transmission Through the Cornea; X. The Optical Quality of the Surface; XI. Transparency of Corneal Tissue; XII. Stromal Transparency; A. Mechanical Stability of the Cornea; XIII. Corneal Shape and Tissue Mechanics; XIV. Stromal Swelling; XV. Final Remarks; References; Further Reading
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Chapter 4: The Corneal EndotheliumI. Introduction; II. The Endothelium; Corneal Transparency; III. Cell Number Progression; IV. Shape, Function, and Transparency of Endothelial Cells; V. Electrolyte Transport by the Endothelium; VI. Electrical Phenomena in and Around the Endothelium; VII. Water Pathways; VIII. The Mechanism Underlying Fluid Transport: Local Osmosis vs. Electroosmosis; IX. Conclusions; References; Further Reading; Chapter 5: Ciliary Body and Ciliary Epithelium; I. Structure of the Ciliary body; II. Blood Capillaries in the Ciliary Processes
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III. Barrier Function of the Ciliary Epithelium
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-444-50925-9
Language:
English
