Uvea

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Uvea
Graphical representation of an eyeball. The constituents of the uvea follow: iris (labeled as 9), ciliary body (labeled as 3), and choroid (labeled as 28.)
Horizontal section of the eyeball. The constituents of the uvea follow: iris labeled at top, ciliary body labeled at upper right, and choroid labeled at center right.)
Details
Part of	The human eye
System	Sensory nervous system
Location	Lies between the corneosclera (outermost layer of the eye) and the retina (innermost layer/in the back of the eye
Identifiers
Latin	tunica vasculosa bulbi
MeSH	D014602
TA98	A15.2.03.001
TA2	6752
FMA	58103
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

The uvea (/ˈjuːviə/;^[1] derived from Latin: uva meaning "grape"), also called the uveal layer, uveal coat, uveal tract, vascular tunic or vascular layer, is the pigmented middle layer of the three concentric layers that make up an eye, precisely between the inner retina and the outer fibrous layer composed of the sclera and cornea.