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Sagittal section of the adult mouse eye. (Stain - Haematoxylin Eosin). The dotted line indicates the plane through which the front of the eye is separated from the posterior segment during dissection. XYZ coordinates are shown to provide orientation for all other figures throughout the article.

(B) Higher magnification of the limbal region (red box in A), demonstrating the relative locations of trabecular meshwork (TM) and SC drainage structures in the iridocorneal angle. C, cornea; RPE, retinal pigmented epithelium; Ch, Choroid. The color scale indicates the relative color of depth-coded tissues in relation to the external surface of the eye in Figure 1 and all other figures where depth coding is used.

Superimposing this scale on this conventional sectional view provides orientation for the location of SC and other structures in the 3D enface views elsewhere in the article. Note that redder colors represent tissues closer to the surface of the eye, whereas the cyan coded tissues are closer to the TM. SC is adjacent to the TM and due to mild local variation in its tissue depth color codes in blue to cyan. The blood vessels (BVs) that comprise the LVP are closer to the ocular surface than SC and depth code as magenta (see Figure 1B).

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Figure 18. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001912.g018 Original figure cropped, altered in size colour and labelling.