Write about aquoes humour and vitreous humour
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WRITE ABOUT AQUOES HUMOUR AND VITREOUS HUMOUR
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★ AQUOES HUMOUR ★
AQUOES HUMOUR IS THE SPACE BETWEEN CORNEA AND IRIS IS FILLED WITH TRANSPARENT VISCOUS LIQUID HAVING REFRACTIVE INDEX NEAR ABOUT 1.336
★ VITREOUS HUMOUR ★
VITREOUS HUMOUR IS THE SPACE BETWEEN EYE LENS AND THE RETINA IS FILLED WITH THE TRANSPARENT COLOUR LENS LIQUID CALLED VITREOUS HUMOUR IT IS ALSO USED IN MAKING SHAPE OF EYE
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Answer:
The aqueous humour is a thick watery substance filling the space between the lens and the cornea.
Functions
Maintains the intraocular pressure and inflates the globe of the eye.
Provides nutrition (e.g. amino acids and glucose) for the avascular ocular tissues; posterior cornea, trabecular meshwork, lens, and anterior vitreous.
May serve to transport ascorbate in the anterior segment to act as an anti-oxidant agent.
Presence of immunoglobulins indicate a role in immune response to defend against pathogens.
Vitreous humor:
1: Vitreous humor is clear jelly like substance that fills the posterior chamber of eyeball
2: Function of vitreous humor is to give definite shape to eye and to support the lens and retina.
3: Amount of vitreous humor is constant and does not change during life time.
Aqueous humor