The eye and its surrounding tissues arise solely from ectoderm and mesoderm there is no endoderm derived tissue around the eye the bcsc has a pretty nifty chart that lists out the various structures of the eye and sorts them according to their embryologic tissue origin. The embryonal and fetal development of the human eye includes a series of sequential events starting with the fertilization of the ovum and culminating in the birth of a normal baby three main periods can be distinguished in the prenatal development of the eye the first period called embryogenesis embryology of the eye and its adnexae. Embryology of human eye 1 drlhachawangdi 1st year resident ophthalmology umsbjdwnrh 2014 2 objectives 1 to understand the concept of origin and developmental processes of human eye 2 to know the 3 presentation lay out first session 1 development of primordial structures general . Morris j mintz embryology of the human eye american journal of clinical pathology volume 25 issue 9 1 september 1955 pages 1068 https doiorg 101093