On the external surface of the optic choroid is a thin membrane, the suprachoroid lamina, composed of delicate non-vascular lamellae-each lamella consisting of a network of fine elastic fibers among which are branched pigment cells. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suprachoroid_lamina ]
Synonyms: lamina suprachoroidea lamina suprachorioidea
Term information
- Wikipedia:Suprachoroid_lamina
- SCTID:280607003
- FMA:58368
lamina fusca sclerae
fusca sclerae
lamina fusca scletae
lamina fusca of sclera
suprachoroid lamina of sclera
lamina suprachorioidea
The spaces between the lamellae are lined by endothelium, and open freely into the perichoroidal lymph space, which, in its turn, communicates with the periscleral space by the perforations in the sclera through which the vessels and nerves are transmitted.
Term relations
- organ component layer
- neural crest-derived structure
- develops from some neural crest
- part of some blood vessel layer of choroid