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hyaloid membrane

NOUN
  1. the transparent membrane enveloping the vitreous humor of the eye and separating it from the retina

How To Use hyaloid membrane In A Sentence

  • Its outer surface is in contact with the choroid; its inner with the hyaloid membrane of the vitreous body. X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1c. 1. The Tunics of the Eye
  • It is transparent, of the consistence of thin jelly, and is composed of an albuminous fluid enclosed in a delicate transparent membrane, the hyaloid membrane. X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1c. 2. The Refracting Media
  • In the center of the vitreous body, running from the entrance of the optic nerve to the posterior surface of the lens, is a canal, the hyaloid canal, filled with lymph and lined by a prolongation of the hyaloid membrane. X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1c. 2. The Refracting Media
  • The artery immediately bifurcates into an upper and a lower branch, and each of these again divides into a medial or nasal and a lateral or temporal branch, which at first run between the hyaloid membrane and the nervous layer; but they soon enter the latter, and pass forward, dividing dichotomously. X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1c. 1. The Tunics of the Eye
  • They are like two balls of fire, and there is a peculiar transparency of the hyaloid membrane, or injection of that of the retina. The Dog
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