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... > Sense Organs > Eye > Anterior Eye Segment > Cornea > Limbus Corneae > Schlemm's Canal
... > Body Regions > Head > Face > Eye > Anterior Eye Segment > Cornea > Limbus Corneae > Schlemm's Canal

Preferred term

Schlemm's Canal  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Canal of Schlemm
  • Canal, Schlemm
  • Circular Channel, Limbis
  • Circular Channels, Limbis
  • Limbis Circular Channel
  • Limbis Circular Channels
  • Schlemm Canal
  • Scleral Venous Sinus
  • Sinus Venosus Sclerae

Scope note

  • A circular vascular-like structure in the anterior chamber of the eye bounded anterolaterally by the internal scleral sulcus and posteriorly by the trabecular meshwork. It is a part of a pathway where the AQUEOUS HUMOR from the ANTERIOR CHAMBER of the eye passes through the TRABECULAR MESHWORK, drains into the lumen of Schlemm’s canal, and subsequently returns to blood circulation into the veins of the SCLERA.

History note

  • 2023

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000092662

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