Anatomy
anterior chamber
Subclass of:
Anterior eyeball segment
Definitions related to anterior chamber of eye:
  • (eye, anterior chamber) The space in the eye filled with aqueous humor and bounded by the cornea, a small portion of the sclera, a small portion of the ciliary body, the iris and lens. (Cline et al., Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed, p109)
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • (anterior chamber) 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.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • (anterior chamber) 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)
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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