trabecular meshwork

trabecular meshwork
trabecular meshwork n trabecular tissue that separates the angle of the anterior chamber from the canal of Schlemm and that contains the spaces of Fontana through which aqueous humor normally drains from the anterior chamber into the canal of Schlemm

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reticulum trabeculare.

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