Assertion: cornea | /r/CapableOf | receive nourishment
Facets:
value: by permeation
type: MANNER
value: from aqueous humor
type: OTHER
value: through spaces between the lamellae
type: MANNER
value: from the tears
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Unlike most tissues in the body, the cornea contains no blood vessels to nourish or protect itself against infection, but receives nourishment from the tears and aqueous humor that fills the chamber behind it.
text: The cornea is avascular, receiving its nourishment by permeation through spaces between the lamellae.