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Sense Organs > Eye > Anterior Eye Segment > Anterior Chamber
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Preferred term

Anterior Chamber  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Note

  • the space between the cornea & lens which contains the aqueous humor; do not confuse with ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; hemorrhage within anterior chamber = HYPHEMA; anterior chamber endothelium = ENDOTHELIUM, ANTERIOR CHAMBER see ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL

Scope note

  • The space in the eye, filled with aqueous humor, bounded anteriorly by the cornea and a small portion of the sclera and posteriorly by a small portion of the ciliary body, the iris, and that part of the crystalline lens which presents through the pupil. (Cline et al., Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed, p109)

History note

  • 66(64); was see under AQUEOUS HUMOR 1963-65

In other languages

  • etukammio

    Finnish

  • camera anterior
  • camera anterior bulbi
  • camera anterior oculi
  • silmän etukammio
  • Främre ögonkammare

    Swedish

  • Ögonkammare, främre

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000867

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