Eyeball
Bulbus oculi
The organ of sight; the horse's eye is among the largest of land mammals and set on the side of the head.
About the eyeball of the horse
Eyeball is a eye of the head (head), on the left side. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Bulbus oculi. You can turn it above, see it in place in the head of the horse, 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
- The orbit.
- Action
- The organ of sight; the horse's eye is among the largest of land mammals and set on the side of the head.
- Nerve
- Optic nerve for sight; ophthalmic nerve for sensation.
Written for Vetomica in its own words from the standard reference anatomy of the horse; the books it was checked against are listed below.
Terminology
- English
- Eyeball
- Latin (NAV)
- Bulbus oculi
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
The eyeball in other animals
The same structure in the other animals in the Library, to compare.
Questions about the eyeball
- What is the Latin name of the eyeball?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the eyeball is called Bulbus oculi.
- Where is the eyeball of the horse?
- Eyeball is a eye of the head (head), on the left side.
- What nerve supplies the eyeball?
- Optic nerve for sight; ophthalmic nerve for sensation.
See the eyeball inside the whole horse.
Vetomica opens on this structure with every layer of the horse 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.
