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  2. Scleral lens - Wikipedia

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    A scleral lens, also known as a scleral contact lens, is a large contact lens that rests on the sclera and creates a tear-filled vault over the cornea.Scleral lenses are designed to treat a variety of eye conditions, many of which do not respond to other forms of treatment.

  3. Contact lens - Wikipedia

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    A scleral lens is a large, firm, transparent, oxygen-permeable contact lens that rests on the sclera and creates a tear-filled vault over the cornea. The cause of this unique positioning is usually relevant to a specific patient whose cornea is too sensitive to support the lens directly.

  4. Effects of long-term contact lens wear on the cornea - Wikipedia

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    Long-term contact lens use can lead to alterations in corneal thickness, stromal thickness, curvature, corneal sensitivity, cell density, and epithelial oxygen uptake. . Other structural changes may include the formation of epithelial vacuoles and microcysts (containing cellular debris), corneal neovascularization, as well as the emergence of polymegethism in the corneal endoth

  5. Eye contact effect - Wikipedia

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    Eye contact signals intent of communication and the social significance of eye gaze engages theory of mind computations. [13] Because there is an overlap of activation in structures involved in theory of mind computation with regions associated with eye contact detection, this model proposes that this is the mechanism that causes the eye ...

  6. Cornea - Wikipedia

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    The ciliary nerves run under the endothelium and exit the eye through holes in the sclera apart from the optic nerve (which transmits only optic signals). [10] The nerves enter the cornea via three levels; scleral, episcleral and conjunctival. Most of the bundles give rise by subdivision to a network in the stroma, from which fibres supply the ...

  7. Anterior segment of eyeball - Wikipedia

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    Sclera; 12. Conjunctiva, 13. Uvea with 14. Iris, 15. Ciliary body. The anterior segment or anterior cavity [1] is the front third of the eye that includes the structures in front of the vitreous humour: the cornea, iris, ciliary body, and lens. [2] [3] Within the anterior segment are two fluid-filled spaces:

  8. Pellucid marginal degeneration - Wikipedia

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    Regardless of the lens size, it is thought that the larger the RGP lens will in most cases be more comfortable then standard rigid corneal lenses, and at times more comfortable than soft lenses, regardless of the fact that it is a rigid lens. The highlight to the scleral design and the correction of eye disorders such as pellucid marginal ...

  9. Limbal ring - Wikipedia

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    A limbal ring is a dark ring around the iris of the eye, where the sclera meets the cornea. [1] It is a dark-colored manifestation of the corneal limbus resulting from optical properties of the region. [2] The appearance and visibility of the limbal ring can be negatively affected by a variety of medical conditions concerning the peripheral ...