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Descriptor English: Anterior Chamber
Descriptor Spanish: Cámara Anterior
Descriptor cámara anterior
Scope note: Espacio del ojo, lleno de humor acuoso, limitado anteriormente por la córnea y una pequeña porción de la esclera y posteriormente por una pequeña porción del cuerpo ciliar, el iris, y aquella parte del lente cristalino que se presenta a través de la pupila. (Cline et al., Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed, p109)
Descriptor Portuguese: Câmara Anterior
Descriptor French: Chambre antérieure du bulbe oculaire
Entry term(s): Chambre antérieure de l'oeil
Chambre antérieure du bulbe de l'oeil
Tree number(s): A09.371.060.067
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000867
Scope note: The space in the eye, filled with aqueous humor, bounded anteriorly by the cornea and a small portion of the sclera and posteriorly by a small portion of the ciliary body, the iris, and that part of the crystalline lens which presents through the pupil. (Cline et al., Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed, p109)
Annotation: the space between the cornea & lens which contains the aqueous humor; do not confuse with ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; hemorrhage within anterior chamber = HYPHEMA; anterior chamber endothelium = ENDOTHELIUM, ANTERIOR CHAMBER see ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL
Allowable Qualifiers: AB malformations
AH anatomie et histologie
BS vascularisation
CH composition chimique
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
DG imagerie diagnostique
EM embryologie
EN enzymologie
GD croissance et développement
IM immunologie
IN traumatismes
IR innervation
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PA anatomopathologie
PH physiologie
PP physiopathologie
PS parasitologie
RE effets des radiations
SU chirurgie
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie
DeCS ID: 881
Unique ID: D000867
NLM Classification: WW 210
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: 1995/05/18
Chambre antérieure du bulbe oculaire - Preferred
Concept UI M0001297
Preferred term Chambre antérieure du bulbe oculaire
Entry term(s) Chambre antérieure de l'oeil
Chambre antérieure du bulbe de l'oeil



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