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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)
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- Anterior Chambers
- Chamber, Anterior
- Chambers, Anterior
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Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood supply, chemistry, cytology, diagnostic imaging, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, growth & development, immunology, injuries, innervation, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, physiopathology, radiation effects, surgery, transplantation, ultrastructure, virology.
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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
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66(64); was see under AQUEOUS HUMOR 1963-65
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Anterior Chamber. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000867. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000867
- Anterior Chamber. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anterior_chamber_of_eyeball
- Anterior Chamber. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5911033