Encyclopedia entry

Iris

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Abstract

The iris may be partially or totally absent (coloboma). In some cases, the irides differ in color (congenital heterchromia). The embryonic pupillary membrane may persist; the pupillary membrane was described by Waschendorff in 1738.

The iris may be partially or totally absent (coloboma). In some cases, the irides differ in color (congenital heterchromia). The embryonic pupillary membrane may persist; the pupillary membrane was described by Waschendorff in 1738.

Riferimenti dell’opera originale

Elenco riportato come compare nella fonte, senza normalizzazione dei formati bibliografici.

  • Haeberlin, C.A. (1908) A congenital anomaly of the iris. Arch. Ophthamol. 37:717-718.
  • Hentzschel, -. (1831) Congenital absence of the iris. Am. J. Med. Sci. 8:215.
  • Witnall, S.E. (1932) The Anatomy of the Human Orbit, 2nd ed., Oxford University Press, London.
  • Wolff, E. (1954) The Anatomy of the Eye and Orbit, 4th ed., Lewis, London.

Anatomical classification

Systems:
Digestive system

Content provenance

Translation

Italian translation of «Iris — Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus I: Muscular System» by Ronald A. Bergman, Adel K. Afifi, Ryosuke Miyauchi. Source: https://www.anatomyatlases.org/AnatomicVariants/OrganSystem/Text/Iris.shtml Original work distributed under the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.it). Translation by Redazione AIVA. Changes from the original: Traduzione italiana del testo originale inglese, che resta consultabile nella versione inglese di questa pagina. Il contenuto è stato riorganizzato nel formato scheda del portale (sintesi, testo, riferimenti) senza modificarne le affermazioni. Le figure non sono state copiate: sono collegate alla pagina d’origine. This publication is not approved or endorsed by the authors of the original work.

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