Anterior chamber
The space filled with aqueous bounded by the cornea anteriorly and by the iris posteriorly.
It is 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.
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- Atlas image: eye_2 at the University of Michigan Health System - "Sagittal Section Through the Eyeball"
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