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  2. Vitreous body - Wikipedia

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    The vitreous body at birth is homogenous with a finely striated pattern. With early aging the vitreous develops narrow transvitreal "channels". The cortex is denser than the centre with development. From adolescence, vitreous tracts form from anterior to posterior. These vitreous tracts are fine sheet-like condensations of vitreous. Named tracts

  3. Vitreous chamber - Wikipedia

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    The vitreous fluid, along with supporting the lens, also functions in maintaining the shape of the entire vitreous chamber and posterior cavity. It is imperative that the eye remains the proper shape to ensure that the light passing through the lens and the fluid can focus properly on the retina. The composition of the fluid is 99% water and ...

  4. Vitreous - Wikipedia

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    Vitreous body, a clear gel that fills the space between the lens and the retina in vertebrate eyes; Vitreous membrane, a layer of collagen separating the vitreous ...

  5. Posterior segment of eyeball - Wikipedia

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    The posterior segment or posterior cavity [1] is the back two-thirds of the eye that includes the anterior hyaloid membrane and all of the optical structures behind it: the vitreous humor, retina, choroid, and optic nerve. [2]

  6. Hyaloid canal - Wikipedia

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    The hyaloid canal (Cloquet's canal and Stilling's canal [1]) is a small transparent canal running through the vitreous body from the optic nerve disc (at the punctum caecum) to the lens. It is formed by an invagination of the hyaloid membrane, which encloses the vitreous body.

  7. Why do people shrink as they age? - AOL

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    Doctor Sundeep Khosla is a professor of medicine and physiology at the Mayo Clinic. "Everybody shrinks as we age: women and men," Khosla said. One of the reasons for shrinking with age is ...

  8. Moore's lightning streaks - Wikipedia

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    Moore's lightning streaks are lightning type streaks (seen to the temporal side) due to sudden head or eye movement in the dark. They are generally caused by shock waves in the vitreous humor hitting the retina or traction on the retina from fibers in the vitreous humor.

  9. Why do you shrink when you get older? Experts explain

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    In women, menopause can speed up bone loss "due to the loss of the protective effects of estrogen on bones," Dr. Arashdeep Litt, an internal medicine physician with Spectrum Health, tells Yahoo ...