Vitreous Humor

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Contents 1 Introduction 2 More General Terms 3 Additional Terms 4 References

Introduction

• Most of the eye's interior (80%) is filled with vitreous humor, a gel-like substance that helps the eye maintain a round shape. Fine fibers are intertwined within the vitreous that are attached to the surface of the retina. The vitreous humor, its fibers & capsule is the vitreous body.

More General Terms

• extracellular compartment (extracellular space)
• body fluid

Additional Terms

• vitreous body
• vitreous detachment

References

National Eye Institute: Facts About Vitreous Detachment [1]

vitreous humor (vitreous, vitreous gel, V)