Uveitis is a swelling of the uvea, which is the middle layer of the eye.    From Wordnik.com.  [Xoma: eye drug yields more positive study results - Yahoo! Finance] Reference

Melanoma starts in the uvea, where melanocytes generate your eye color.    From Wordnik.com.  [Simple Skin Beauty] Reference

The cornea arises from the sclerotic tunic, the uvea and secundina take their origin from the pia mater, and the conjunctiva from a thin pellicle or membrane which covers the exterior of the cranium and is nourished by a transudation of the blood through the coronal suture.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century] Reference

The uvea is an important structure, as it supplies most of the blood to retina of the eye.    From Wordnik.com.  [Emaxhealth] Reference

The proper coats of the eye are reckoned five in number; viz. the sclerotica, cornea, choroides, iris or uvea, and the retina.    From Wordnik.com.  [Popular Lectures on Zoonomia Or The Laws of Animal Life, in Health and Disease] Reference

This pigmented epithelium is named the pars iridica retinæ, or, from the resemblance of its color to that of a ripe grape, the uvea.    From Wordnik.com.  [X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1c. 1. The Tunics of the Eye] Reference

Uveitis is an inflammation of the uvea, the middle layer of the eye between the retina and the outer sclera (the "white" of your eye).    From Wordnik.com.  [RockyMountainNews.com] Reference

The line ALLB, immediately within the former, represents the choroides; the part APB is the iris or uvea, in which the hole at P is the pupil.    From Wordnik.com.  [Popular Lectures on Zoonomia Or The Laws of Animal Life, in Health and Disease] Reference

Unchecked inflammation of the uvea can lead to loss of vision and accounts for as much as 10 percent of cases of blindness in the United States.    From Wordnik.com.  [RockyMountainNews.com] Reference

Da Porta's in optics, demonstrated the valves of the veins, and the function of the uvea in vision, divined the uses of the telescope and thermometer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Renaissance in Italy, Volumes 1 and 2 The Catholic Reaction] Reference

HALLE, Germany, Jan. 13 -- Regular cell phone use is not associated with the development of melanoma in the uvea of the eye, a case-control study showed.    From Wordnik.com.  [MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians] Reference

This double layer is known as the pars ciliaris retinæ, and can be traced forward from the ciliary processes on to the back of the iris, where it is termed the pars iridica retinæ or uvea.    From Wordnik.com.  [X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1c. 1. The Tunics of the Eye] Reference

It is partly before and partly behind the uvea, and is divided by that membrane into two parts, which are called the chambers of the aqueous humour; which chambers communicate with each other by means of the pupil.    From Wordnik.com.  [Popular Lectures on Zoonomia Or The Laws of Animal Life, in Health and Disease] Reference

The uvea, or uveal tract, includes the iris and the dark, pigmented area known as the choroid, which contains the jellylike vitreous humor, as well as blood vessels that ferry blood and nutrients into and out of the eye.    From Wordnik.com.  [RockyMountainNews.com] Reference

In the human eye the whole choroid coat, and even the interior surface of the iris or uvea, is lined with a black mucus; this mucus, or as it is called, pigmentum, is darkest in young persons, and becomes more light coloured as we advance in years.    From Wordnik.com.  [Popular Lectures on Zoonomia Or The Laws of Animal Life, in Health and Disease] Reference

Actual diseases of the eye are discussed in chapters on pain in the eyes, ophthalmia, pannus (including ungula, egilops and cataract), tumors of the conjunctiva, itching of the eyes, lachrymation, cancer, diseases of the cornea and uvea, diseases of the eyelids, lachrymal fistula and entropion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century] Reference