Question: are sclera and cornea the same?
Answer: The cornea and sclera make up the outer tunic of the eye. Each is a connective tissue containing collagen fibrils embedded in a proteoglycan-rich extrafibrillar matrix, but whereas the cornea is uniquely transparent, the sclera is totally opaque. ... The sclera (the white part of the eye) constitutes the rest of the globe.