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  2. 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]

  3. Posterior chamber of eyeball - Wikipedia

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    The posterior chamber consists of small space directly posterior to the iris but anterior to the lens. The posterior chamber is part of the anterior segment [1] and should not be confused with the vitreous chamber (in the posterior segment). Posterior chamber is an important structure involved in production and circulation of aqueous humor ...

  4. Ciliary body - Wikipedia

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    The ciliary body is a ring-shaped thickening of tissue inside the eye that divides the posterior chamber from the vitreous body. It contains the ciliary muscle, vessels, and fibrous connective tissue. Folds on the inner ciliary epithelium are called ciliary processes, and these secrete aqueous humor into the posterior chamber. The aqueous humor ...

  5. Human eye - Wikipedia

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    The typical adult eye has an anterior to posterior diameter of 24 mm (0.94 in), and a volume of 6 cubic centimetres (0.37 cu in). [4] The eyeball grows rapidly, increasing from about 16–17 mm (0.63–0.67 in) diameter at birth to 22.5–23 mm (0.89–0.91 in) by three years of age. By age 12, the eye attains its full size.

  6. Cornea - Wikipedia

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    While the cornea contributes most of the eye's focusing power, its focus is fixed. Accommodation (the refocusing of light to better view near objects) is accomplished by changing the geometry of the lens. Medical terms related to the cornea often start with the prefix "kerat-" from the Greek word κέρας, horn.

  7. Posterior horn - Wikipedia

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    Posterior horn of lateral ventricle in the brain, which passes forward, laterally and slightly downward, from the corpus callosum into the occipital lobe Posterior horn of spinal cord , the dorsal (towards the back) grey matter section of the spinal cord that receives several types of sensory information from the body including light touch ...

  8. Pars plana - Wikipedia

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    The pars plana (also known as orbicularis ciliaris [1]) (Latin: flat portion) is part of the ciliary body in the uvea (or vascular tunic, the middle layer of the three layers that comprise the eye). It is about 4 mm long, located near the junction of the iris and sclera , and is scalloped in appearance.

  9. Optic radiation - Wikipedia

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    The optic radiation contains feedforward tracts that transmit visual information (from the retina of the eye) from the geniculate nucleus to the visual cortex, and also feedback tracts from the visual cortex to the neurons in the LGN that project to them. [2] The function of the feedback from the visual cortex back to the LGN is unknown.