Statistics for Sclera

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Inner to the conjunctival stroma lies this capsule.	Tenons capsule	86%
This layer is immeadiately outer to the sclera.	Episclera	71%
	Jaundice	57%
This is the weakest area in the sclera. (Hint: it is found very near the optic nerve)	Lamina cribrosa	57%
The limbal epithelial crypts contain cells that replace damaged basal cells in the cornea. What kind of cells are these?	Stem cells	43%
The middle apertures are canals through the sclera that carry what?	Vortex veins	43%
The sclera has fewer Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) leading to lower what compared to the corea?	Hydration	29%
The posterior termination of the limbus is a line perpindicular to the globe and passing through the posterior edge of what?	Scleral spur	29%
A yellowing of the sclera can indicate which two systemic diseases?	Hyperlipidemia	14%
Blue sclera could mean the sclera is thin, but it could be normal in this population (other than people with nevus of ota).	Neonates	14%
Radial projections of fibrovascular tissue in spokelike fashion around the corneal periphery is called what?	Palisades of Vogt	14%
The posterior sclera is innervated by which nerves?	Short ciliary	14%