Choroid is a dark brown membrane with rich blood vessels and pigments, which lies between retina and sclera.
Choroid usually functions as below.
- ◼︎ Nutritional supply to retina: Choroid has rich blood vessels, which plays a role in oxygen and nutrition supply.
- ◼︎ Absorb light: This pigmented membrane prevent light go into the area other than the pupil to guarantee the vision quality.
- ◼︎ Remove the waste: play a role in transporting the waste products in eyeballs.
- ◼︎ Nutritional supply to retina: Choroid has rich blood vessels, which plays a role in oxygen and nutrition supply.
- ◼︎ Absorb light: This pigmented membrane prevent light go into the area other than the pupil to guarantee the vision quality.
- ◼︎ Remove the waste: play a role in transporting the waste products in eyeballs.
If the choroid is damaged, it will cause big influence to your vision.
The representative diseases are as follow:
- ◼︎ Aged macular degeneration
- ◼︎ Choroiditis
- ◼︎ Myopic choroidal atrophy
- ◼︎ Aged macular degeneration
- ◼︎ Choroiditis
- ◼︎ Myopic choroidal atrophy
Choroid is a very important tissue to supply the nutrition and keep the optical stability.