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Trabecular Meshwork Response to Pressure Elevation in the Living Human Eye
Published on: June 20, 2015
Trabecular barriers (FRENULAE) of the extracapsular clefts (38563)
Abstract:
Ferrocyanide was perfused through the vascular system of the isolated legs of 10 dogs. Ferric ion was then injected intramuscularly (not intravascularly) into the leg. The injected materials spread along the trabeculae of the tissues, rupturing the sheets of fibrous connective tissue (frenulae) inpeded the movement of materials in the trabeculae. The barriers consist of sheets of connective tissue which insert on adjacent fibrous capsules. The capsules enclose each cluster of muscle, glandular or other cells. These barriers appear to function in conjunction with the lymphatic drainage system.
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