Hyaloid

  • 41fossa — A depression usually more or less longitudinal in shape below the level of the surface of a part. [L. a trench or ditch] acetabular f. [TA] a depressed area in the floor of the acetabulum superior to the …

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  • 42Floater — For other uses, see Floater (disambiguation). Floater Classification and external resources Simulated image of floaters against a blue sky ICD 10 H …

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  • 43Vitreous — A clear, jelly like substance that fills the middle of the eye. Also called the vitreous humor, humor in medicine referring to a fluid (or semifluid) substance. * * * 1. Glassy; resembling glass. 2. SYN: v. body. [L. vitreus, glassy, fr. vitrum,… …

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  • 44Pupil — The pupil is the hole that is located in the center of the iris of the eye and that controls the amount of light that enters the eye.Cassin, B. and Solomon, S. Dictionary of Eye Terminology . Gainsville, Florida: Triad Publishing Company, 1990.]… …

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  • 45Posterior segment — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = segmentum posterius bulbi oculi GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = Schematic diagram of the human eye. Caption2 = MapPos = MapCaption = Precursor = System = Artery = Vein = Nerve = Lymph = MeshName =… …

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  • 46body — 1. The head, neck, trunk, and extremities. The human b., consisting of head (caput), neck (collum), trunk (truncus), and limbs (membra). 2. The material part of a human, as distinguished from the …

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  • 47hyaline — Relating to transparent or colorless hyphae or other fungal structures. SYN: hyaloid. [G. hyalos, glass] * * * hy·a·line hī ə lən, .līn adj transparent or nearly transparent and usu. homogeneous hyaline n 1) or hy·a·lin ə lən a nitrogenous… …

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  • 48hyalitis — SYN: vitreitis. suppurative h. purulent vitreous humor due to exudation from adjacent structures, as in panophthalmitis. * * * hy·a·li·tis .hī ə līt əs n 1) inflammation of the vitreous body of the eye …

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  • 49hydatoid — 1. The aqueous humor. 2. The hyaloid membrane. 3. Relating to the aqueous humor. 4. Watery or resembling water. [G. hydor (hydat ), water, + eidos, resemblance] * * * hy·da·toid (hiґdə toid) [Gr. hydōr water + oid] 1. aqueous hum …

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  • 50subhyaloid — Beneath, on the vitreous side of, the hyaloid (vitreous) membrane. * * * sub·hy·a·loid (səb hiґə loid) beneath the hyaloid membrane …

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