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Descriptor English:   Vitreous Body 
Descriptor Spanish:   Cuerpo Vítreo 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Corpo Vítreo 
Tree Number:   A09.371.943
Definition English:   The transparent, semigelatinous substance that fills the cavity behind the crystalline lens of the EYE and in front of the RETINA. It is contained in a thin hyoid membrane and forms about four fifths of the optic globe. 
Indexing Annotation English:   /surg: consider also VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS DETACHMENT is available; opacities, muscae volitantes & other dis are indexed VITREOUS BODY (IM) and EYE DISEASES (IM)
See Related English:   Vitrectomy
 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
abnormalities anatomy & histology
blood supply chemistry
cytology drug effects
embryology enzymology
growth & development immunology
injuries innervation
metabolism microbiology
pathology physiology
physiopathology parasitology
radiography radiation effects
radionuclide imaging secretion
surgery transplantation
ultrastructure ultrasonography
virology  
Record Number:   15224 
Unique Identifier:   D014822 

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