Anatomy
trabecular meshwork
[ truh-bek-yuh-lar mesh-wurk ]
Subclass of:
Anterior eyeball segment
Definitions related to trabecular meshwork:
  • A porelike structure surrounding the entire circumference of the anterior chamber through which aqueous humor circulates to the canal of Schlemm.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • A system of fine, mesh-like tissue in the anterior chamber of the eye through which aqueous humor drains; located in the angle where the clear cornea, white sclera, and colored iris join.
    Harvard Dictionary of Health Terms
    Harvard Medical Publishing, 2011
  • Mesh-like tissue responsible for draining the aqueous humor from the eye that is located at the iridocorneal angle of the eye, between the anterior chamber and the venous sinus of the sclera.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Trabeculum of loose fibers found at the iridocorneal angle between the anterior chamber of the eye and the venous sinus of the sclera; the aqueous humor filters through the spaces between the fibers into the sinus and passes into the bloodstream.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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