Corn tortillas can be a giant pain to work with though -- if you use them straight from the bag, they crack and fall apart. Some people microwave them to soften them, but I think the most traditional way of softening corn tortillas is by frying them in a bit of oil for a few seconds.
Definition of SCLERA. : the dense fibrous opaque white outer coat enclosing the eyeball except the part covered by the cornea â see eye illustration. â sclerÂ·al \-Él\ adjective. See sclera defined for kids. ADVERTISEMENT.
The sclera is opaque and appears white due to the high (68%) water content and disorderly array of transverse and oblique collagen (75%) fibers that make up its coat. (Figure1). It is this same array that lends the strength and rigidity to the globe despite its constant movement and pull from the extraocular muscles.