CHAPTER Glat
sERCEDAN
ATOMY
structures concerned with it are ciliary body, 2
anterior chamber and the aqueous outflow system,
Itis the seat of aqueous production. Applied aspects
ofits anatomy have been described on page
ngle of anterior chamber plays an important role in
the process of aqueous drainage. Its formed by r00
ofits, aterior-most pat of ciliary body, sleral spur
trabecular meshwvork and Schwvalbe’s line (prominen
end of Descemet's membrane of comea) (Fig, 9.1),
he angle width varies in different
plays a vital role in the pathomechanistn of differen
types of glaucoma. Clinically the angle siruetures can
be visualised by
546),
Gonioscopie grading of the angle
systems have been st
The most commonly used Shatfer
Various
le width
rested to
ystem of grading
Table 9.1 and is shown in
Lone