Beneath this is a transparent vitreous body, and then the retina and, if present, the tapetum.
The procedure has a relatively high rate of complications due to the large incision required and pressure placed on the vitreous body.
Cloquet's space: A space between the ciliary zonule and the vitreous body.
The hyaloid fossa is a depression on the anterior surface of the vitreous body in which lies the lens.
The vitreous body is distorted, then "snaps back," pulling part of the retina loose.
In time, the liquefied vitreous body loses support and its framework contracts.
It is often referred to as the vitreous body or simply "the vitreous".
Within these coats are the aqueous humor, the vitreous body, and the flexible lens.
The pecten is believed to both nourish the retina and control the pH of the vitreous body.
They result when the viscous matter in the middle of the eyeball - the vitreous body - shrinks and pulls away from the retina.