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How does the vitreous chamber differ from the anterior and posterior chambers?

The eye is divided into three main spaces, or chambers. The largest is the vitreous chamber, filled with the amorphous and somewhat gelatinous material of the vitreous body. The other two, the anterior and posterior, chambers are filled with aqueous humor.


Which way do light rays enter the eyeballs?

.Cornea, anterior chamber, pupil, posterior chamber, lens, vitreous bodyDr. abu kosh


Is the anterior chamber of the eye filled with vitreous humor?

Assuming your talking about the eye...it would be the aqueous humor. The aqueous humor is produced by the ciliary processes in the ciliary body. It flows from the ciliary body into the anterior chamber. It travels out through the trabecular meshwork and into the Canal of Schlemm. It is then delivered to the bloodstream via anterior ciliary veins.


What is the fluid in the posterior cavity of the eye?

vitreous humorA clear gel called vitreous humor (vitre = glassy) that binds tremendous amounts of water. It's functions are to:transmit lightsupport the posterior surface of the lenshold the neural retina firmly against the pigmented layercontribute to intraocular pressure to counteract the extrinsic eye muscles(taken right out of my A&P textbook)** Added by m5fanatic **Glad you could copy your text book, but the question asks about the posterior CAVITY of the eye, not the eyeball itself. Posterior to the eye is mucous membranes, the ocular muscles, etc.Aqueous HumorThe Vitreous humor in the posterior cavity behind the lens.Liquid Humerus


What are the chambers in the eye?

There is an anterior chamber and a posterior chamber to the eye. The anterior chamber is from the lens and iris forward to the back of the cornea. The posterior chamber is from the back of the lens to the retina. The anterior chamber is filled with aqueous. The posterior chamber is filled with vitreous.


What is the liquid that fills the eye chamber called?

The eye has two chambers: the front chamber (aqueous chamber) has aqueous fluid, the back chamber (vitreous chamber) has vitreous fluid.


What substances is located in back of the chamber eyeball?

vitreous humor


How are the vitreous humor and the aqueous humor different?

The vitreous humor fills the space between the retina and lens while the aqueous humor is located between the lens and the cornea.The vitreous humor has more nutritive value when the aqueous humor is low in nutritive value.


What eye cavity contains the aqueous humor?

The vitreous humor is in the posterior cavity of the eye.


Were is the vitreous humor found?

Vitreous Humour is a jelly like substance filling the vitreous chamber of the eye ball. This is the space behind the lens and back of the eye ball.


Posterior and anterior chambers of the eye?

The anterior chamber is the space between the cornea and the iris, filled with aqueous humor. The posterior chamber is the space between the iris and the lens, also filled with aqueous humor. Both chambers help maintain the shape of the eye and provide important nutrients to the surrounding tissues.


What are anterior and posterior chambers?

The eyes is majorly divided into 3 parts: vitreous chamber, anterior and posterior chambers.Vitreous chamber is the largest, a clear jellylike substance that fills the back part of the eye lies behind the lens and surrounded by blood vesselsAnterior chamber is in the front section of the eye, separating the cornea and iris and contains a aqueous humor (a clear watery fluid) flowing through to provide nourishment.The aqueous passes through the posterior chamberlocated behind the iris and flows through the pupil located on the iris' back into the anterior chamber.