(Download) Vitreous Humor Eye Dissection

The vitreous humor along with the aqueous humor found behind the cornea helps to maintain the shape of the eye.

Vitreous humor eye dissection. Why do you get it. In particular this method has significance for experimental studies involving drug delivery vitreo retinal oxygen transport and intraocular convection. A doctor removes the vitreous a jelly like fluid inside your eye and replaces it with a saline solution. A vitrectomy is a surgical procedure that s done to remove the fluid known as vitreous humor or just vitreous inside your eyeball. Cow s eye dissection page 5 the back of the eye is filled with a clear jelly. It s clear so light can pass through it. Flip the anterior half of the eye over so that the front of it is facing upward.

Vitreous humor the vitreous humor comprises a large portion of the eyeball. It also helps the eyeball main tain its shape. It s a clear lump about the size and shape of a squashed marble. In particular this method has significance for experimental studies involving drug delivery vitreo retinal oxygen transport and intraocular convection. In a living eye the vitreous humor is clear and gel like 3. Using a pair of sharp scissors cut the cornea from the eye along the boundary where the cornea meets the sclera. The retina lines the posterior back side of the eye and extends forward to the ciliary body beneath the iris used to make aqueous humor.

The proposed vitreous dissection technique can be used to study physical properties of the vitreous humor. Now you want to remove the lens. It s a type of eye operation. Vitreous may be removed for many reasons. For you to see light has to pass through. The pars plicata of the ciliary body figure 2 is removed from each of the quadrants using westcott scissors. The proposed vitreous dissection technique can be used to study physical properties of the vitreous humor.