vitreous humor (vitreous, vitreous gel, V)

Physiology

• 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

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More general terms

• extracellular compartment (extracellular space)
• body fluid

Additional terms

• vitreous body
• vitreous detachment

Component of

• vitreous body