vitreous body

Function

• most of the eye's interior (80%) is filled with vitreous humor, a gel-like substance that helps the eye maintain a round shape.

Structure

• 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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Pathology

• as we age, the vitreous slowly shrinks & pulls away from the retinal surface
• this is called a vitreous detachment, & is normal.

More general terms

• eye structure

Additional terms

• vitrectomy
• vitreous detachment
• vitreous humor (vitreous, vitreous gel, V)

Components

• vitreous humor (vitreous, vitreous gel, V)