The thin, highly vascular membrane covering most of the posterior of the eye between the RETINA and SCLERA.
ID
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D002829
altLabel
Choroids
AN
in the eye: do not confuse with CHOROID PLEXUS (in the brain); inflammation = CHOROIDITIS or CHORIORETINITIS; /blood supply consider also CILIARY ARTERIES
AQL
AB AH BS CH CY DE DG EM EN GD IM IN IR ME MI PA PH PP PS RE SU TR UL VI
cui
C0008520
DC
1
definition
The thin, highly vascular membrane covering most of the posterior of the eye between the RETINA and SCLERA.