The anterior chamber angle is a part of the

eye Eyes are organs of the visual system. They provide living organisms with vision, the ability to receive and process visual detail, as well as enabling several photo response functions that are independent of vision. Eyes detect light and conv ...

located between the

cornea The cornea is the transparent front part of the eye that covers the iris, pupil, and anterior chamber. Along with the anterior chamber and lens, the cornea refracts light, accounting for approximately two-thirds of the eye's total optical power ...

and iris which contains the trabecular meshwork. The size of this angle is an important determinant of the rate

aqueous humour The aqueous humour is a transparent water-like fluid similar to plasma, but containing low protein concentrations. It is secreted from the ciliary body, a structure supporting the lens of the eyeball. It fills both the anterior and the posterio ...

flows out of the eye, and thus, the intraocular pressure. The anterior chamber angle is the structure which determines the

anterior chamber depth Standard anatomical terms of location are used to unambiguously describe the anatomy of animals, including humans. The terms, typically derived from Latin or Greek roots, describe something in its standard anatomical position. This position pro ...

. An extremely narrow anterior chamber angle is a feature of angle closure glaucoma.

Additional images

File:Anterior chamber angle - 3D motion parallax.gif, Gonioscopy of the anterior chamber angle File:Kammerwinkel.jpg, Gonioscopy of the anterior chamber angle. Labeled structures: 1.

Schwalbe's line Schwalbe's line is the anatomical line found on the interior surface of the eye's cornea, and delineates the outer limit of the corneal endothelium layer. Specifically, it represents the termination of Descemet's membrane. In many cases it can be ...

, 2. Trabecular meshwork (TM), 3.

Scleral spur The scleral spur in the visual system is a protrusion of the sclera (the white of the eye) into the anterior chamber. The spur is an annular structure composed of collagen in the human eye. It is the origin of the longitudinal and circular fib ...

, 4.

Ciliary body The ciliary body is a part of the eye that includes the ciliary muscle, which controls the shape of the lens, and the ciliary epithelium, which produces the aqueous humor. The aqueous humor is produced in the non-pigmented portion of the ciliar ...

, 5. Iris

References

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