Aqueous humor

Aqueous humor

Eye water (Latin humor aqueous ) is a clear liquid that fills the eye chambers. It is produced in the ciliary body at a rate of about two microliters per minute. The ratio of formation and outflow of aqueous humor is constantly equal, and in the case of an increased...
Aqueous humor

Tear device

Tear device (lat. organa lacrimalia ) consists of the lacrimal glands located in the outer upper part of the orbit (they produce tears), and the drainage channels responsible for the drainage of tears into the nose.Tears produced in the lacrimal glands move towards...
Aqueous humor

Ray body (ciliary body)

Ray body or ciliary body (lat. corpus ciliare ) is ring-shaped and is located on the inside of the sclera a little behind the iris. It is made up of many blood vessels, muscle and nerve threads. In its front part, it continues to the iris, and a little further back,...
Aqueous humor

Vitreous body (glass or vitreus)

The vitreous body, vitreous (lat. corpus vitreum ) fills the entire interior of the eye behind the lens. Its role is optical, because it is transparent and allows light to pass through, as well as mechanical, i.e. maintaining the constant tension and size of the...
Aqueous humor

Palpebrae

More (Latin palpebrae ) cover the eye from the front and thus protect it. Both the upper and lower eyelids are built almost the same, and consist of several layers. Looking from the outside in, these are the skin, the muscle layer, the connective layer (tarsus) and...