When a doctor pulls your lower eyelids downward and asks you to look up, chances are they’re checking your sclera and conjunctiva. Your conjunctiva is the thin membrane lining the front of the ...

The sclera is covered by conjunctiva, which is a thin layer of transparent tissue in the front half of the eye. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. The eye looks white because ...

Scleral dellen is an early postoperative complication of the bare sclera technique with mitomycin C caused by delayed conjunctival wound closure. Treated sclera may become white, or ...

HealthDay News — Diurnal variations occur in the thickness of the anterior sclera and conjunctiva among healthy young adults, according to a study published online March 1 in Ophthalmic ...

5. Pass the 30-gauge needle just posterior to the spot marked at 2 mm and pass it through the conjunctiva and sclera, behind the capsular bag, and then through the capsular bag between the optic ...

The transparent tissue that covers your eye is called the conjunctiva. When blood collects under this transparent tissue, it’s known as bleeding under the conjunctiva, or subconjunctival hemorrhage.

Retrospective study was conducted on 48 eyes of 37 patients who underwent excision of prolapsed subconjunctival orbital fat with conjunctival fixation to the sclera. Complications and recurrence ...

Sclera tattooing, also known as tattooing the ... He explained the ink is injected into a very thin layer of skin called the conjunctiva, which covers the whites of our eyes.

The red represents blood under the conjunctiva, the clear membrane that covers the white of the eye called the sclera and the inner eyelids. The conjunctiva contains many blood vessels and ...