What Is the Uvea of the Eye? - Cleveland Clinic The uvea is the middle layer of your eye’s outer wall It has several vital jobs, including circulating blood to your retinas, focusing your eyes and more
Uvea - Wikipedia The uvea ( ˈjuːviə ; [1] derived from Latin: uva meaning "grape"), also called the uveal layer, uveal coat, uveal tract, vascular tunic or vascular layer, is the pigmented middle layer of the three concentric layers that make up an eye, precisely between the inner retina and the outer fibrous layer composed of the sclera and cornea
Uveitis - Symptoms causes - Mayo Clinic Uveitis is a form of eye inflammation that affects the middle layer of tissue in the eye, called the uvea It can cause redness, pain, blurred vision and floaters
Human eye - Uvea, Retina, Optic Nerve | Britannica The middle coat of the eye is called the uvea (from the Latin for “grape”) because the eye looks like a reddish-blue grape when the outer coat has been dissected away
What Is Uveitis? - American Academy of Ophthalmology Uveitis is inflammation of the middle layer of the eyeball called the uvea The uvea has many blood vessels that nourish the eye Uveitis can damage vital eye tissue, leading to permanent vision loss There are 3 types of uveitis They are based on which part of the uvea is affected