"Sclerotic" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... depend upon the composition of the blood, and not upon the fulness of the peripheral vessels. If we take the latter as a measure of the total amount of blood, isolated vessels, visible to the naked eye, e.g. those of the sclerotic, may be observed. Most suitable is the ophthalmoscopic examination of the width of the vessels at the back of the eye. Raehlmann has shewn that in 60% of the cases of chronic anaemia, in which the skin and mucous ...
— Histology of the Blood - Normal and Pathological • Paul Ehrlich
... 8) has a tough, dense, outer coat, the sclerotic (sc.), within which is a highly vascular and internally pigmented layer, the choroid, upon which the percipient nervous layer, the retina (r.) rests. The chief chamber of the eye is filled with a transparent jelly, the vitreous humour ...
— Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata • H. G. Wells |
