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| eye [2026/07/20 03:48] – [optic system] gary1 | eye [2026/07/20 04:07] (current) – [fluid and waste management] gary1 | ||
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| ====fluid and waste management==== | ====fluid and waste management==== | ||
| ***ciliary body** | ***ciliary body** | ||
| - | * produces aqueous humor (AH), a clear fluid and helps maintain intraocular pressure (IOP) and nourishes avascular ocular tissues | + | * produces aqueous humor |
| ***aqueous humor (AH)** | ***aqueous humor (AH)** | ||
| + | * a clear fluid and helps maintain intraocular pressure (IOP) and nourishes avascular ocular tissues | ||
| + | * produced by the ciliary body | ||
| * AH exits the eye through two primary routes: | * AH exits the eye through two primary routes: | ||
| * conventional outflow pathways | * conventional outflow pathways | ||
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| * involves drainage through the iris root, ciliary body, anterior choroid, and sclera, and orbit | * involves drainage through the iris root, ciliary body, anterior choroid, and sclera, and orbit | ||
| * includes connective tissue-filled spaces between ciliary muscle sheaths, extending through the supraciliary and suprachoroidal spaces to the macula and optic nerve head | * includes connective tissue-filled spaces between ciliary muscle sheaths, extending through the supraciliary and suprachoroidal spaces to the macula and optic nerve head | ||
| - | * via this pathway, AH and stromal proteins can exit the eye transsclerally, via the choroidal vasculature, | + | * via this pathway, AH and stromal proteins can exit the eye trans-sclerally, via the choroidal vasculature, |
| ***intra-ocular lymphatic pathways** | ***intra-ocular lymphatic pathways** | ||
| *drain to ipsilateral cervical lymph nodes | *drain to ipsilateral cervical lymph nodes | ||
eye.txt · Last modified: 2026/07/20 04:07 by gary1