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  1. Christina says:

    This is incorrect. The posterior chamber extends from the lens to the retina. The anterior chamber is between the iris and the cornea.

  2. vincent silver says:

    YOU are wrong christina
    The posterior chamber should not be confused with vitreous chamber. The posterior chamber is a narrow chink behind the peripheral part of the iris of the lens, 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

  3. DR.SYL. EDO says:

    I THINK WE SHOULD RATHER CLASSIFY IT AS ANTERIOR SEGMENT-MADE OF ANTERIOR CHAMBER AND POSTERIOR CHAMBER AND POSTERIOR SEGMENT-MADE OF AS VITREOUS/CHAMBER.

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  5. i like this illustration
    thank you

  6. I’m unclear about the posterior limit of the posterior chamber…there seems to be some ambiguity in the different texts.

    Where is the posterior wall of the posterior chamber of the eye?

    Wolff’s Anatomy of the Eye and Orbit (8th Ed.) as well as “Clinical Ocular Anatomy and Physiology” (Bergmanson, 21 Ed.) states that the poster chamber of the eye ends at the anterior surface of the vitreous. However, various other texts are either unclear (“Clinical Anatomy and Physiology of the Visual System”) or directly contradict this view, stating that the anterior surface of the lens represents the posterior surface of the posterior chamber (i.e. the lens itself is not contained in the posterior chamber) (Clinical Anatomy of the Eye by Snell, http://www.emedicinehealth.com/anatomy_of_the_eye/page10_em.htm, etc.).

    Can someone help?

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