Preferred Label : Anterior Chamber of the Eye;
NCIt synonyms : Chamber, Anterior; Anterior Chamber; Anterior Chamber of Eye; Anterior Chamber (Eye);
NCIt related terms : EYE, ANTERIOR CHAMBER;
NCIt definition : 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);
Alternative definition : CDISC: 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);
Origin ID : C12667;
UMLS CUI : C0003151;
Anatomic structure is physical part of
- Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Semantic type(s)
- UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- concept_is_in_subset
