Sentence examples for white sclera from inspiring English sources

The wolf possesses white sclera as does Homo sapiens though, crucially, it is the only primate that has them.

"The main advantage of having white sclera is that it is very easy to work out what another person is gazing at," added Shipman.

The theory is that a white sclera surrounding a darker iris and pupil helps people work out where everyone else is looking.

Humans are the only primates to have so large an area of white sclera surrounding the darker iris and pupil, and this helps to attract the attention of the infant.

Thus the mutation conferring white sclera could have become increasingly common among modern humans 40,000 years ago and would have conferred an advantage on those who were hunting with dogs.

Thus, on looking directly into the eye from in front one sees the white sclera surrounding the cornea; because the latter is transparent one sees, instead of the cornea, a ring of tissue lying within the eye, the iris.

Ciliaris muscle, muscle of the ciliary body of the eye, between the sclera (white of the eye) and the fine ligaments that suspend the lens.

Trabeculectomy diverts aqueous humour from the anterior chamber inside the eye to the space under the conjunctiva (the transparent skin that covers the white area, or sclera, of the eye).

In this, the first step is to identify the iris among other facial elements such as the eyelids, sclera (white part of the eye), pupil (dark circle in the center of the eye), and eyelashes.

The 24-year-old model said she didn't question it because her ex boyfriend who injected the purple dye into the sclera (white part) of her left eye told her it was normal.

These channels appear to connect to the blood vasculature in the sclera (white arrows, C and D) at depths of 100 µm–150 µm below the tissue surface.