stroma

(stro’mah) (Gr. στρῶμα a covering]. The ti ue which forms the ground-substance, framework, or matrix of an organ. 8. of the cornea, the connective-ti ue layer or subs tanti a propria of the cornea. 8.-fibrin, fibrin formed from the stroma of blood-corpuscles. 8. of ovary, 8. ova’rii, the connective ti ue separating the graafian follicles of the ovary. s. plexus, a network formed by the ramifications of the nerves of the cornea within the subs tanti a propria. It is made up of two parts, the deep stroma plexus (primary plexus, fundamental plexus), and a layer of finer bers beneath the anterior limiting membrane. called superficial stroma plexus (subbasal mS, acce ory plexus of Ranvier). 8. of the red blood corpuscles, that part of the red blood-corpuscles which remains after the hemoglobin has been removed. Rollet’s s. Same as s. of the red blood-corpuscles. 8. Vit’reum, the framework of fibers composing the vitreous body of the eye.