aqueous humor

Physiology

• aqueous fluid that fills the anterior chamber & posterior chamber of the eye
• aqueous humor is secreted by the ciliary body within the posterior chambers of the eye, passes through the pupil into the anterior chamber
• it is filtered through the trabecular meshwork into the canal of Schlemm at the iridocorneal angle & drains into the scleral veins.

More general terms

• body fluid

Component of

• eye