Posterior chamber of eyeball

Posterior chamber of the eyeball
Anterior part of the human eye, with label of posterior chamber at right.
Schematic diagram of the human eye (posterior chamber labeled at upper left)
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Identifiers
Latin	Camera posterior bulbi oculi
TA	A15.2.06.005
FMA	58080
*Anatomical terminology* [edit on Wikidata]

The posterior chamber is a narrow space behind the peripheral part of the iris, and in front of the suspensory ligament of the lens and the ciliary processes. The Posterior Chamber consists of small space directly posterior to the iris but anterior to the lens. The posterior chamber is part of the anterior segment^[1] and should not be confused with the vitreous chamber (in the posterior segment).

Additional images

The upper half of a sagittal section through the front of the eyeball (posterior chamber of eye labeled at center right)

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

↑ www.arkeo.com, produced by Arkeo, Inc.,. "Visual System - Segments of the Eye". teaching.pharmacy.umn.edu. Retrieved 2016-05-10.

Anatomy figure: 29:05-11 at Human Anatomy Online, SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Atlas image: eye_2 at the University of Michigan Health System - "Sagittal Section Through the Eyeball"

Anatomy of the globe of the eye

Sclera	Episcleral layer Schlemm's canal Trabecular meshwork

Cornea	Limbus layers Epithelium Bowman's Stroma Dua's layer Descemet's Endothelium

Choroid	Capillary lamina of choroid Bruch's membrane Sattler's layer

Ciliary body	Ciliary processes Ciliary muscle Pars plicata Pars plana

Iris	Stroma Pupil Iris dilator muscle Iris sphincter muscle

Retina (inner)

Layers	Inner limiting membrane Nerve fiber layer Ganglion cell layer Inner plexiform layer Inner nuclear layer Outer plexiform layer Outer nuclear layer External limiting membrane Layer of rods and cones Retinal pigment epithelium

Cells	Photoreceptor cells (Cone cell, Rod cell) → (Horizontal cell) → Bipolar cell → (Amacrine cell) → Retina ganglion cell (Midget cell, Parasol cell, Bistratified cell, Giant retina ganglion cells, Photosensitive ganglion cell) → Diencephalon: P cell, M cell, K cell, Muller glia

Other	Macula Foveola Fovea centralis Parafovea Perifovea Optic disc Optic cup Ora serrata

Anatomical regions of the eye

Anterior segment	Adnexa Fibrous tunic Anterior chamber Aqueous humor Iris Posterior chamber Ciliary body Lens Capsule of lens Zonule of Zinn

Posterior segment	Vitreous chamber Vitreous humor Retina Choroid

Other

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