CIRCULATION OF THE AQUEOUS
- 1 October 1933
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Ophthalmology (1950)
- Vol. 10 (4) , 449-454
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archopht.1933.00830050025004
Abstract
In a previous communication,1 we have reported the results of our studies relating to the mechanism of the reabsorption of fluid from the eye, and outlined a hypothesis as to how this mechanism operates. The reabsorption of fluid behind the iris was inappreciably small, but, on the other hand, the reabsorption from the anterior chamber was subject to large and predictable variations. The chief factors favoring the reabsorption were found to be a rise in the intra-ocular pressure and an increased congestion of the anterior ocular blood vessels. Since congestion of the vessels of the iris, in the light of all of our present knowledge regarding capillary premeability, should lead to an increased rate of formation of aqueous rather than to an increased rate of reabsorption, we were forced to the conclusion that the chief factor in the reabsorption mechanism is Schlemm's canal. The vascular connections of Schlemm's canal,This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: