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canal of Schlemm
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | canal of Schlemm - a circular canal in the eye that drains aqueous humor from the anterior chamber of the eye into the anterior ciliary veinsSchlemm's canal, sinus venosus scleraeduct, epithelial duct, canal, channel - a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance; "the tear duct was obstructed"; "the alimentary canal"; "poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs" |
canal of Schlemm
canal of Schlemm[kə′nal əv ′shlem] (anatomy) An irregular channel at the junction of the sclera and cornea in the eye that drains aqueous humor from the anterior chamber. canal of Schlemm
canal of Schlemm (shlem) [Friedrich S. Schlemm, Ger. anatomist, 1795–1858.] The sinus inside the sclera at the angle of the iris and the cornea into which aqueous humor drains after filtering through the trabecular meshwork.canal of Schlemm A fine, circular, sometimes multi-channel passage, running round the periphery of the CORNEA (limbus) in the SCLERA. Aqueous humour from the eye drains out through the TRABECULAR MESHWORK into the canal of Schlemm. (Friedrich S. Schlemm, 1795–1858, German anatomist).LegalSeeCanalcanal of Schlemm
Related to canal of Schlemm: glaucomaSynonyms for canal of Schlemmnoun a circular canal in the eye that drains aqueous humor from the anterior chamber of the eye into the anterior ciliary veinsSynonyms- Schlemm's canal
- sinus venosus sclerae
Related Words- duct
- epithelial duct
- canal
- channel
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