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)
Details
Identifiers
Latin	Camera posterior bulbi oculi
TA	A15.2.06.005
FMA	58080
Anatomical terminology

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 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)

See also

• Anterior chamber
• Aqueous humour

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 1012 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

External links

• 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"