<prompt> Cornea gets its nourishment mainly from:September 2009AtmosphereAqueous humourVitreous humourCorneal vessels  <response>: Ans. B: Aqueous humourCornea consists of five layers, staing from the outside: 1 the stratified squamous epithelium; 2 Bowmans layer; 3 the stroma substantia propria; 4 Descemets membrane; and 5 the endothelium.The cornea is avascular, receiving its nourishment by permeation through spaces between the lamellae. The sources of nourishment are the aqueous humour 90, the tears and the limbal capillaries.The cornea is innervated by the long ciliary and other nerves of the surrounding conjunctiva, which are all branches of the ophthalmic division of the trigeminal nerve. Innervation is entirely sensory. 