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  2. Vitreous body - Wikipedia

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    The vitreous humor is a transparent, colorless, gelatinous mass that fills the space in the eye between the lens and the retina. It is surrounded by a layer of collagen called the vitreous membrane (or hyaloid membrane or vitreous cortex) separating it from the rest of the eye. It makes up four-fifths of the volume of the eyeball. [1]

  3. Floater - Wikipedia

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    The vitreous humour, or vitreous body, is a jelly-like, transparent substance that fills the majority of the eye. It lies within the vitreous chamber behind the lens, and is one of the four optical components of the eye. [8] Thus, floaters follow the rapid motions of the eye, while drifting slowly within the pocket of liquid. [9]

  4. Human eye - Wikipedia

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    The spaces of the eye are filled with the aqueous humour anteriorly, between the cornea and lens, and the vitreous body, a jelly-like substance, behind the lens, filling the entire posterior cavity. The aqueous humour is a clear watery fluid that is contained in two areas: the anterior chamber between the cornea and the iris, and the posterior ...

  5. Macular hole - Wikipedia

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    The eye contains a jelly-like substance called the vitreous. Shrinking of the vitreous usually causes the hole. As a person ages, the vitreous becomes watery and begins to pull away from the retina. If the vitreous is firmly attached to the retina when it pulls away, a hole can result. [2]

  6. Mother documents story of baby born with bubble on eyeball ...

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    A mother has revealed her baby was born with extreme glaucoma, cataracts, no irises and has developed a “bubble-like” protrusion on her eyeball.. Aspen Schuelke was born in March 2022 and ...

  7. Star jelly - Wikipedia

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    Star jelly (also called astromyxin, astral jelly) is a gelatinous substance sometimes found on grass and less commonly on the branches of trees. [1] According to folklore , it is deposited on the Earth during meteor showers .

  8. Girl rips eyeball after wearing contacts for too long

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    After wearing her contacts for 10 hours, which is over 2 hours the suggested time, Meabh realized the contact lense was stuck to her eye. After attempting to take the contact out, she ripped her ...

  9. Vitreous chamber - Wikipedia

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    The best way to distinguish between the two cavities is to use the lens as a dividing point. The vitreous chamber is the largest of the three chambers and is located behind the lens and in front of the optic nerve. This chamber is filled with a thick, clear gel-like substance called the vitreous humor (also vitreous body).