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Chapter 25 - Fetal and Infant Eye

from Neuroanatomic Site Development

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2021

Mirna Lechpammer ,
Marc Del Bigio  and
Rebecca Folkerth
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Mirna Lechpammer
Mirna Lechpammer
Affiliation:
New York University School of Medicine
Marc Del Bigio
Affiliation:
University of Manitoba, Canada
Rebecca Folkerth
Affiliation:
New York University School of Medicine
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Summary

Eye development in the human embryo begins approximately at 22 days into gestational development and continues through the 10th gestational week. Rudimentary ocular organs are formed by both the mesoderm and ectoderm layers of the blastoderm. The retina, ciliary body, optic nerves, and iris are derived from neuroepithelium. The lens, eyelid, and corneal epithelium are formed from surface ectoderm. The sclera, vasculature, ocular muscles, vitreous, and corneal endothelium and stroma develop from the extracellular mesenchyme (Table 25.1) [1, 2].

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Perinatal Neuropathology , pp. 119 - 122
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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