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aqueous humor

Physiology: - aqueous fluid that fills the anterior chamber & posterior chamber of the eye - aqueous humor is secreted by the ciliary body within the posterior chambers of the eye, passes through the pupil into the anterior chamber - it is filtered through the trabecular meshwork into the canal of Schlemm at the iridocorneal angle & drains into the scleral veins.

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body fluid

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995
  2. Saunders Manual of Medical Practice, Rakel (ed), WB Saunders, Philadelphia, 1996, pg 66
  3. Wikipedia: Aqueous humour https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqueous_humour

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