Eyeball (sclera, iris and pupil)
Bulbus oculi
Forms an image on the retina and turns to follow what it is looking at.
About the eyeball (sclera, iris and pupil) of the dog
Eyeball (sclera, iris and pupil) is a eye of the head (head), one on each side of the body. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Bulbus oculi. You can turn it above, see it in place in the head of the dog, and open it inside the whole animal in Vetomica.
Where it runs from and to
What this structure is anchored to at each end, and what that lets it do.
- Origin
- Orbit, cushioned by fat and held by the extraocular muscles.
- Action
- Forms an image on the retina and turns to follow what it is looking at.
- Nerve
- Optic nerve for sight; oculomotor, trochlear and abducens for the muscles.
Written for Vetomica in its own words from the standard reference anatomy of the dog; the books it was checked against are listed below.
Terminology
- English
- Eyeball (sclera, iris and pupil)
- Latin (NAV)
- Bulbus oculi
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the eyeball (sclera, iris and pupil)
- What is the Latin name of the eyeball (sclera, iris and pupil)?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the eyeball (sclera, iris and pupil) is called Bulbus oculi.
- Where is the eyeball (sclera, iris and pupil) of the dog?
- Eyeball (sclera, iris and pupil) is a eye of the head (head), one on each side of the body.
- What nerve supplies the eyeball (sclera, iris and pupil)?
- Optic nerve for sight; oculomotor, trochlear and abducens for the muscles.
See the eyeball (sclera, iris and pupil) inside the whole dog.
Vetomica opens on this structure with every layer of the dog around it: peel back the skin and the muscles, cut a section through it, X-ray it, and practise naming it until you stop getting it wrong.
Free for 7 days, no card. After that the skeletons stay free.
