| The remaining chapters include discussions of tumors of the orbit, eyelid, conjunctiva, cornea and sclera, uvea, and optic nerve. |
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| Most ocular complications involve the cornea but may also include the conjunctiva, uvea, sclera, retina, and surrounding structures. |
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| Melanocytes are cells located in the bottom layer, the basal lamina, of the epidermis and in the middle layer of the eye, the uvea. |
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| The inflammation of the uvea can be caused by several factors such as a trauma, an immunological problem or an infection. |
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| A panuveitis refers to an inflammation of all parts of the uvea, often affecting both eyes and involving other ocular structures. |
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| This is when the inflammation affects the part of the uvea at the back of the eye, the choroid. |
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| Inflammation of the uvea in the middle of the eye is called intermediate uveitis. |
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| It is often referred to as Iritis as the iris is the part of the uvea that is usually inflammed. |
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| Chronic allergic and inflammatory conditions of the uvea, iris, conjunctiva and optic nerves of the eyes also are treated with dexamethasone. |
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| The posterior part of the uvea, the choroid, is essentially a layer of blood vessels and connective tissue sandwiched between the sclera and the retina. |
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| When any part of the uvea becomes inflammed then it is called uveitis. |
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| When the uvea is inflamed near the front of the iris, it is called iritis. |
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| The forward portion of the uvea, the ciliary body and iris, is more complex, containing as it does the ciliary muscle and the sphincter and dilator of the pupil. |
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| The most anterior portion of the uvea is the iris. |
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| The outer layer is the tough coat composed of the cornea and sclera, the innermost is the retina, a thin light-receptor layer, and the middle layer is the uvea. |
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| Nine thousand people live on these nine atolls, 95 percent of whom are Polynesians, having arrived variously from Samoa, Tonga, and Uvea over the past 2,000 years. |
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