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Anatomy of the Eye and Common Diseases Affecting the Eye

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The human eye is a unique part of the human body that has been described as the window to the human soul. The eye being a complex organ is broadly divided into two segments—anterior and posterior segments. Each of these broad segments has specific disease conditions associated with them. This chapter will extensively describe these various components of the eye and the common disease conditions associated with it.

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  1. School of Social Work, College of Education & Human Studies, Union University, Jackson, TN, USA

    Evelyn Addo

  2. Union University School of Pharmacy, Jackson, TN, USA

    Oluyemisi A. Bamiro

  3. Department. Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye, Ogun, Nigeria

    Oluyemisi A. Bamiro

  4. Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Western New England College of Pharmacy, Springfield, MA, USA

    Rodney Siwale

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Addo, E., Bamiro, O.A., Siwale, R. (2016). Anatomy of the Eye and Common Diseases Affecting the Eye. In: Addo, R. (eds) Ocular Drug Delivery: Advances, Challenges and Applications. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47691-9_2

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