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Cells > Cellular Structures > Extracellular Space > Extracellular Fluid > Aqueous Humor
... > Fluids and Secretions > Body Fluids > Body Fluid Compartments > Extracellular Space > Extracellular Fluid > Aqueous Humor
Tissues > Body Fluid Compartments > Extracellular Space > Extracellular Fluid > Aqueous Humor
... > Body Regions > Head > Face > Eye > Anterior Eye Segment > Anterior Chamber > Aqueous Humor
Sense Organs > Eye > Anterior Eye Segment > Anterior Chamber > Aqueous Humor

Preferred term

Aqueous Humor  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • The clear, watery fluid which fills the anterior and posterior chambers of the eye. It has a refractive index lower than the crystalline lens, which it surrounds, and is involved in the metabolism of the cornea and the crystalline lens. (Cline et al., Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed, p319)

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Entry terms

  • Intraocular Fluid

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-SFWS881K-8

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