Uveitis Information | Mount Sinai - New York Uveitis is swelling and inflammation of the uvea The uvea is the middle layer of the wall of the eye The uvea supplies blood for the iris at the front of the eye and the retina in the back of the eye
Choroid Information | Mount Sinai - New York Choroid The choroid is the layer of blood vessels and connective tissue between the white of the eye and retina (at the back of the eye) It is part of the uvea and supplies nutrients to the inner parts of the eye Inflammation of the choroid is called choroiditis
Ciliary body Information | Mount Sinai - New York The eye is the organ of sight, a nearly spherical hollow globe filled with fluids (humors) The outer layer or tunic (sclera, or white, and cornea) is fibrous and protective The middle layer (choroid, ciliary body and the iris) is vascular The innermost layer (the retina) is nervous or sensory The fluids in the eye are divided by the lens into the vitreous humor (behind the lens) and the
Microsoft Word - The Globe09. doc - Mount Sinai Health System The uvea has mechanical attachments to sclera at the entry of the long and short posterior ciliary vessels, the border layer of Jacoby(choroidal, prelaminar level) at the disc, the vortex veins and the major perforating branches of the anterior ciliary arteries at the ciliary body level
Eye redness Information | Mount Sinai - New York Uveitis: Inflammation of the uvea, which includes the iris, ciliary body, and choroid The cause is most often not known It may be related to an autoimmune disorder, infection, or exposure to toxins The type of uveitis that causes the worst red eye is called iritis, in which only the iris is inflamed Other potential causes of eye redness
MetastasisbroOKAP2011 - Mount Sinai Health System When metastatic tumors extends into the front of the eye, typical findings include: thickening of the anterior uvea, anterior rotation of the iris, narrow angles, an enlarged ciliary body and tumor extension into the iris