Histology

1. V.S.RASHMI PRIYEM
ULTRA’S BEST DENTAL SCIENCE
COLLEGE, MADURAI

2. MADE UP OF 5 LAYERS

3. OUTERMOST LAYER OS OF NON-
KERATINISED STRATIFIED SQUAMOUS
EPITHELIUM
• CORNEAL EPITHELIUM

4. CORNEAL EPITHELIUM RESTS ON THE
STRUCTURELESS ANTERIOR LIMITING
LAMINA

5. MOST OF THE THICKNESS OF THE
CORNEA IS FORMED BY THE
SUBSTANTIA PROPRIA OR CORNEAL
STROMA
MADE UP OF COLLAGEN FIBRES
EMBEDDED IN A GROUND SUBSTANCE

7. DEEP TO THE SUBSTANTIA PROPRIA
THERE IS A HOMOGENOUS LAYER
CALLED THE POSTERIOR LIMITING
LAMINA

8. POSTERIOR SURFACE OF THE
CORNEA IS LINED BY A SINGLE LAYER
OF FLATTENED OR CUBOIDAL CELLS