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The cornea of the human eye has no blood vessels.

Why it is true

The cornea is the transparent layer covering the front of the eye. Since it has no blood vessels, it gets oxygen directly from the air and nutrition from tears and the aqueous humour. The transparency of the cornea depends precisely on the absence of blood.

Source: American Academy of Ophthalmology

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