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Why are sclera blue in osteogenesis imperfecta?
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Thinner sclera: The white part of the eyeball is the sclera. In osteogenesis imperfecta, the person has a genetic mutation that causes him to make defective connective tissues and/or not enough connective tissues. The eyeball sclera is made of connective tissue, but it is thinner in an o.I. Person, so it looks bluish instead of white.
Answered 11/26/2018
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Blue sclera: The thinner scleral outer wall allows some transmission of the darker inner color giving a sensation of blue.
Answered 2/1/2012
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