Eye chamber
The two cavities in the front part of the eye that are filled with aqueous humor are called eye chambers ( camerae bulbi ) . A distinction is made between an anterior and a posterior chamber of the eye, which are in open communication through the pupil .
The anterior chamber of the eye ( camera anterior bulbi ) extends from the posterior surface of the cornea (cornea) to the iris (iris). In the edge area of the anterior chamber of the eye, where the iris and cornea meet (iridocorneal angle or chamber angle, angulus iridocornealis ), there is a fine trabecular framework , the pectinate ligament . The spaces between these trabeculae are called Spatia anguli iridocornealis ("Fontanasche spaces", after the Italian scientist Felice Fontana ). The aqueous humor is drained here.
The smaller posterior chamber of the eye ( camera posterior bulbi ) lies between the iris (rainbow skin) and the anterior border of the vitreous body . This is where most of the lens lies .
literature
- Paul Simoens: organ of vision , organum visus. In: Franz-Viktor Salomon, Hans Geyer, Uwe Gille (Ed.): Anatomy for veterinary medicine. 2nd, revised and expanded edition. Enke, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-8304-1075-1 , pp. 579-612.