Stroma of iris

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Stroma of iris
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The upper half of a sagittal section through the front of the eyeball. ("Stroma of iris" labeled at bottom right.)
Latin stroma iridis
Gray's subject #225 1013

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]



The stroma of the iris consists of fibers and cells.

The former are made up of delicate bundles of fibrous tissue; a few fibers at the circumference of the iris have a circular direction; but the majority radiate toward the pupil, forming by their interlacement, delicate meshes, in which the vessels and nerves are contained.

Interspersed between the bundles of connective tissue are numerous branched cells with fine processes.

In dark eyes many of them contain pigment granules, but in blue eyes and the eyes of albinos they are unpigmented.

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This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained herein may be outdated. Please edit the article if this is the case, and feel free to remove this notice when it is no longer relevant.


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