The aqueous humour is a transparent water-like fluid similar to blood plasma, but containing low protein concentrations. It is secreted from the ciliary...

blockage of the trabecular meshwork prevents the normal outflow of aqueous humour, resulting in increased intraocular pressure, progressive damage to...

fill the eye and give it its spherical shape. This contrasts with the aqueous humour, which is more fluid, and the lens, on the other hand, which is elastic...

{\displaystyle F} the rate of aqueous humour formation in microliters per minute (μL/min) U {\displaystyle U} the resorption of aqueous humour through the uveoscleral...

posterior chamber between the iris and the front face of the vitreous. Aqueous humour fills these spaces within the anterior segment and provides nutrients...

meshwork. The size of this angle is an important determinant of the rate aqueous humour flows out of the eye, and thus, the intraocular pressure. The anterior...

retinal vessels (anteriorly). The spaces of the eye are filled with the aqueous humour anteriorly, between the cornea and lens, and the vitreous body, a jelly-like...

trabecular meshwork (the major site of aqueous humour drainage), which can in turn prevent the aqueous humour from draining and therefore increases the...

the region referred to as the trabecular meshwork, through which the aqueous humour constantly drains out of the eye, with the result that diseases of the...

Inflammatory glaucoma: The inflammatory reaction will affect the drainage of aqueous humour in the eye, causing an increase in IOP. Glaucoma associated with ocular...

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in the meshwork pore size, respectively, facilitating and impeding aqueous humour flow into the canal of Schlemm. Open-angle glaucoma (OAG) and closed-angle...

angle glaucoma, which means that the iris closes the drainage way of aqueous humour which in turn raises the intraocular pressure. Posterior synechia also...

have special functions of great importance, including secretion of the aqueous humour by the ciliary processes, control of accommodation (focus) by the ciliary...

opening the trabecular meshwork and allowing increased outflow of the aqueous humour. Echothiophate, an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, is used in chronic...

amplified by using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) from serum, urine, aqueous humour, CSF, and autopsy specimens. It detects the presence of bacteria faster...

improve drainage through the eye's trabecular meshwork, from which the aqueous humour drains. This helps reduce intraocular pressure caused by open-angle...

pores and facilitating outflow of the aqueous humour into the canal of Schlemm. The increase in aqueous humour outflow is desirable for patients with...

absorbed through the cornea and reaches highest concentrations in the aqueous humour after 150 to 180 minutes, with a biological half-life of 1.4 hours and...

carbon dioxide in the blood. In the eye this results in a reduction in aqueous humour. Bicarbonate (HCO3−) has a pKa of 10.3 with carbonate (CO32−), far further...

via diffusion from the tear fluid through the outside surface and the aqueous humour through the inside surface. Nutrients also come via neurotrophins supplied...

aqueous humour, while brimonidine tartrate blocks another enzyme known as adenylate cyclase, which is also involved in the production of the aqueous humour...

clears the meshwork channel/drain of cellular build up. This allows more aqueous humour to flow into Schlemm's canal from the anterior cavity, reducing the...

an abnormal white color. The corneal limbus may be cut to allow for aqueous humour to drain from the anterior chamber of the eye into the subconjunctival...

large molecular size of ivermectin prevents it from crossing the blood/aqueous humour barrier, and renders the drug an important treatment of helminthically-derived...

Anatomic fluids adjacent to lens of vertebrate eye: Aqueous humour, watery and behind cornea Vitreous humour, gel-like and in front of retina This disambiguation...

or not at all.) Separation of the forward layer again forms a humour, the aqueous humour. This increases refractive power and again eases circulatory problems...

IL-6 and IL-8 are present in significantly higher quantities in the aqueous humour in patients with both quiescent and active uveitis. These are inflammatory...

780–1400 nm (near-IR) Cataract, retinal burn 1.4–3.0 μm (IR) Aqueous flare (protein in the aqueous humour), cataract, corneal burn 3.0 μm–1 mm Corneal burn...

become biologically active. Highest concentrations of the acid in the aqueous humour are reached two hours after application, lowering of intraocular pressure...