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Movement of fluid in the eye

Illustration showing movement of fluid in the eye

Aqueous humor continuously circulates from behind the iris into the anterior chamber at the front of the eye. It exits where the iris and the cornea meet. The fluid filters through a spongy tissue containing microscopic channels (trabecular meshwork) before passing into a larger channel called Schlemm's canal, where it eventually merges with the bloodstream.

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