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Descriptor English: Vitreous Body
Descriptor Spanish: Cuerpo Vítreo
Descriptor cuerpo vítreo
Entry term(s) humor vítreo
Scope note: Sustancia semigelatinosa transparente que llena la cavidad que está detrás del cristalino del OJO y que está delante de la RETINA. Está contenida dentro de una fina membrana hioide y constituye alrededor de 4/5 partes del globo ocular.
Descriptor Portuguese: Corpo Vítreo
Descriptor French: Corps vitré
Entry term(s): Bodies, Vitreous
Body, Vitreous
Humor, Vitreous
Humors, Vitreous
Vitreous Bodies
Vitreous Humor
Vitreous Humors
Tree number(s): A09.371.714.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014822
Scope note: The transparent, semigelatinous substance that fills the cavity behind the CRYSTALLINE LENS of the EYE and in front of the RETINA. It is contained in a thin hyaloid membrane and forms about four fifths of the optic globe.
Annotation: /surg: consider also VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS DETACHMENT is available; opacities, muscae volitantes & other diseases are indexed VITREOUS BODY (IM) and EYE DISEASES (IM)
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Related: Vitrectomy MeSH
DeCS ID: 15224
Unique ID: D014822
NLM Classification: WW 250
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2010/06/25
Vitreous Body - Preferred
Concept UI M0022820
Scope note The transparent, semigelatinous substance that fills the cavity behind the CRYSTALLINE LENS of the EYE and in front of the RETINA. It is contained in a thin hyaloid membrane and forms about four fifths of the optic globe.
Preferred term Vitreous Body
Entry term(s) Bodies, Vitreous
Body, Vitreous
Humor, Vitreous
Humors, Vitreous
Vitreous Bodies
Vitreous Humor
Vitreous Humors



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