vitreous humour
Also known as vitreous body
clear gel that fills the space between the lens and the retina of the eyeball
Key facts
- Part of
- Eye
- System
- Visual system
- Latin
- humor vitreus
- Mesh
- D014822
- Ta98
- A15.2.06.014 , A15.2.06.008
- Ta2
- 6809 , 6814
- Fma
- 58827 67388, 58827
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Research
24,807 papers- Vitreous Humor: Composition, Characteristics and Implication on Intravitreal Drug Delivery.Current eye research · 2023
- EARLY DESCRIPTIONS OF VITREOUS SURGERY.Retina (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2021
- Alterations in human vitreous humour following cataract extraction.
Article
The vitreous body (vitreous meaning "glass-like"; from Latin vitreus 'glassy', from vitrum 'glass' and -eus) is the clear gel that fills the space between the lens and the retina of the eyeball (the vitreous chamber) in humans and other vertebrates. It is often referred to as the vitreous humor (also spelled humour), from Latin meaning liquid, or simply "the vitreous". Vitreous fluid or "liquid vitreous" is the liquid component of the vitreous gel, found after a vitreous detachment. It is not to be confused with the aqueous humor, the other fluid in the eye that is found between the cornea and lens.
Structure