aqueous humour
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transparent, watery, fluid similar to plasma, but containing low protein concentrations, secreted from the ciliary epithelium
Key facts
- Latin
- humor aquosus
- Mesh
- D001082
- Ta98
- A15.2.06.002
via Wikipedia infobox
Research
17,517 papers- Structural and functional imaging of aqueous humour outflow: a review.Clinical & experimental ophthalmology · 2018
- 'What controls aqueous humour outflow resistance?'.Experimental eye research · 2006
- Aqueous Humour Ofloxacin Concentration after Topical Instillation in Patients with Dry Eye Disease.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022
- Secretion of the aqueous humour.Experimental eye research · 1977
- What is the optimal glaucoma treatment: reducing aqueous humour production or facilitating its outflow?Eye (London, England) · 2020
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Wikidata facts
- Part of
- anterior chamber of the eye
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- produced by
- ciliary process
- exact match
- purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_02000024
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Encyclopedic overview
The aqueous humour is a transparent water-like fluid similar to blood plasma, but containing low protein concentrations. It is secreted from the ciliary body, a structure supporting the lens of the eyeball. It fills both the anterior and the posterior chambers of the eye, and is not to be confused with the vitreous humour, which is located in the space between the lens and the retina, also known as the posterior cavity or vitreous chamber. Blood cannot normally enter the eyeball.
Structure
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