posterior chamber
1Posterior chamber — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = c. posterior bulbi GraySubject = 225 GrayPage = 1012 Caption = The upper half of a sagittal section through the front of the eyeball. (Posterior chamber of eye labeled at center right.) Caption2 = Schematic …
2Posterior chamber — The space in the eye behind the iris and in front of the lens. (The iris is the colored ring of tissue that regulates the amount of light entering the eye by adjusting the size of the pupil. The lens is the transparent biconvex body in the eye… …
3posterior chamber of eye — camera posterior bulbi oculi …
4posterior chamber — Made up of the terminal portion of the foregut and the anterior portion of the midgut; often called the pyloric stomach [Bliss, 1982] …
5chamber — A compartment or enclosed space. SEE ALSO: camera. [L. camera] altitude c. a decompression c. for simulating a high altitude environment, particularly its low barometric pressure. SYN: high altitude c.. anechoic c. a room designed to absorb all… …
6Chamber, posterior — The space in the eye behind the iris and in front of the lens. The iris is the colored ring of tissue that regulates the amount of light entering the eye by adjusting the size of the pupil. The lens is the transparent biconvex body in the eye… …
7Chamber, anterior — The space in the eye that is behind the cornea and in front of the iris. The cornea is the outer, transparent, dome like structure that covers the iris, pupil, and the anterior chamber. The iris is the colored ring of tissue suspended behind the… …
8posterior — 1. After, in relation to time or space. 2. [NA] In human anatomy, denoting the back surface of the body. Often used to indicate the position of one structure relative to another, i.e., nearer the back of the body. SYN …
9posterior — adj. situated at or near the back of the body or an organ. The posterior chamber of the eye is the rear section, behind the lens, which is filled with vitreous humour …
10Anterior chamber — The space in the eye that is behind the cornea and in front of the iris. The cornea is the outer, transparent, dome like structure that covers the iris, pupil, and the anterior chamber. The iris is the colored ring of tissue suspended behind the… …