sclera

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-005661",
  "term": "sclera",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The white, opaque, fibrous, outer tunic of the eyeball, covering it entirely excepting the segment covered anteriorly by the cornea. It is essentially avascular but contains apertures for vessels, lymphatics, and nerves. It receives the tendons of insertion of the extraocular muscles and at the corneoscleral junction contains the canal of Schlemm.",
  "synonyms": [
    "eye white"
  ],
  "subject": "Animals, Livestock, One Health",
  "see_also": [
    "eyes",
    "cornea",
    "iris (eyes)",
    "retina"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings 2017",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "esclerótica"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/sclera/"
}