Posterior chamber of eyeball

As eye chambers ( Camerae bulbi ) refers to the two water -filled chamber cavities in the front part of the eye. Is the difference between a front and a rear chamber of the eye, through the pupil which are in open communication.

The front chamber (camera anterior bulbi) extends from the posterior surface of the cornea ( cornea ) to the iris ( iris ). In the edge region of the anterior chamber of the eye where the iris and cornea abut ( Iridokornealwinkel or chamber angle, Angulus iridocornealis ), is a fine Trabekelgerüst, the pectinate ligament. The gap spaces between these trabeculae are as Spatia anguli iridocornealis ( " Fontanasche spaces", after the Italian scientist Felice Fontana) respectively. Here, the outflow of aqueous humor.

The smaller rear chamber (camera posterior bulbi) is located between the iris ( iris ) and the front boundary of the vitreous. There is the biggest part of the lens.