(n.) The posterior pigmented layer of the iris; -- sometimes applied to the whole iris together with the choroid coat.
Example Sentences:
(1) Beta-Glucuronidase activity was higher in the anterior uvea but lower in the corneoscleral tissues.
(2) Phthisical eyes of 2 patients revealed clinically unsuspected, partially necrotic and partially vital malignant melanomas of the uvea and extensive intraocular ossification.
(3) Anterior segment involvement was slight or nonexistent, and damage to the retina and uvea was of a focal rather than of a diffuse nature.
(4) 125I-Albumin permeation was increased in the retina, choroid, and anterior uvea of rats fed 50% galactose for 3 weeks, 3 months, and 8 months versus controls, but was unchanged in the brain.
(5) There is controversy regarding the origin of the pigment-containing epithelioid cells in the uvea of eyes with sympathetic ophthalmia.
(6) In conscious animals 5 pmol kg-1 CGRP caused enhanced leakage from the blood vessels of the ciliary processes in those pre-treated with biperiden in order to abolish the cholinergic vasoconstrictor tone in the anterior uvea.
(7) Detectable mast cells in the anterior uvea of S-Ag-immunized Lewis rats decreased to 60% of control at 6 days postimmunization, recovered to 80% at 10 days, and dropped again to 16% at 13 days, with disease onset around 14 days.
(8) Histopathologic examination disclosed a diffuse malignant melanoma of the uvea, mixed cell type, with multiple cysts of the ciliary epithelium.
(9) Perchlorate (10(-4) M) and iodide (10(-4) or 10(-3) M) had no inhibitory effect while 10(-4) M p-aminohippuric acid had a significant inhibitory effect on the kidney cortex at a concentration of 10(-4) M and on the anterior uvea at 10(-3) M. 4.
(10) In STZ-D rats, 131I-BSA tissue clearance increased significantly (2- to 4-fold) in the anterior uvea, choroid-sclera, retina, sciatic nerve, aorta, new granulation tissue, diaphragm, and kidney but was unchanged in skin, forelimb muscle, and heart.
(11) The authors' results are consistent with the finding in animal experiments that blood flow to the retina, optic nerve, and uvea increases for a short time after oculopression (Jay et al., Acta Ophthalmol.
(12) Melanocytomas are pigmented tumors of the uvea and optic nerve head composed of plump polyhedral melanocytes which have been regarded as nevus cells.
(13) The dedifferentiated tumour in the enucleated eyes spread extensively within the anterior chamber and anterior uvea.
(14) The management of posterior penetrating ocular trauma includes thorough preoperative evaluation and exploration and careful debridement with excision or repositioning of the uvea.
(15) ET-1 also caused vasodilation in the anterior uvea.
(16) However, Ia was expressed in the anterior uvea epithelial cells in all eyes with LPS induced uveitis.
(17) The strongly vascularized anterior uvea is used as a carrier and a connecting link to the immune system.
(18) Thus, the anterior uvea in mammals may be one of the tissues exhibiting a cholinergic vasoconstriction phenomenon, found more commonly in lower vertebrates.
(19) Uvea-retina, synovial membrane, and articular cartilage antigen preparations inhibited the migration of leukocytes from patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
(20) No differences could be asserted in autoantibody frequencies according to disease location within the uvea.