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| Step 2: Use your scissors to cut away the the eye-lid, muscle and fatty tissue from both the front and rear surfaces of the eye. Be careful not to remove the optic nerve. Cut along the surface of the sclera until all the tissue is removed and your specimen looks similar to the photographs you see here. The sclera is very tough so you do not need to worry about cutting into this layer of the eye. When you have finished removing the tissue surrounding the eye identify the sclera, cornea, optic nerve, and the remaining extrinsic muscle remnants. Take the notes you need to record what you have observed so far. The cloudy nature of the cornea is caused by the death of this tissue. It is transparent in the living state. | |
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