Trabecular Meshwork

dr Ficky Ferliando Irwan

 Trabecular Meshwork
A circular spongework of connective tissue

Lined by trabeculosytes

Contractile properties  Influence

outflow resistance

Phagocytic properties
 Layer of trabecular meshwork

Uveal Corneoskleral Juxta

trabecular meshwork canalicular
meshwork tissue
 Uveal Trabecular Meshwork
cordlike trabeculae

Elastic fiber <<<

trabeculocytes contain pigment

granule

less circular and larger than

corneoscleral
 Corneoscleral Meshwork
consists of a series of thin, flat, perforated
connective tissue sheets

trabecular beam  covered by a monolayer of thin

trabecular cells exhibiting multiple pinocytotic

the inner core consists of collagen

and elastic fibers.
Pericanalicular Connective Tissue

invests the entire extent of the

schlemm canal
Lies between the outermost
layers of the corneoscleral forming a loose
meshwork and the network
endothelial lining of the
schlemm canal

Endothelial
meshwork
Makes aqueous humor makes the greatest
can percolate to reach contribution to
the endothelial lining of outflow resistance
the Schlemm canal
 Schlemm Canal

a circular tube closely resembling a

lymphatic vessel
Schlemm Canal…

Larger vesicles = giant

vacuoles
along the lined by a size and contribute to
in ternal single number the
canal wall membrane are pressure-
dependent
increased outflow of
by aqueous
increasing
intraocula
r pressure
 Collector Channel

25-30 collector channels arise from the

Schlemm canal and drain into the deep
and midscleral venous plexuses

Up to 8 of these channels drain

directly into the episcleral venous
plexus as aqueous veins
Collector Channel …

Thickening of trabecular Loss of endothelial

sheets cellularity

Aging
Factor
Increase in connective Accumulation of debris in
tissue the meshwork and
glycosaminoglycans in the
extracellular space
Thank You