Abstract
The chamber angle is the outermost part of the anterior chamber, where the anterior or scleral wall converges with the posterior wall of the iris in a curved segment made up of the inner surface of the ciliary body. Despite its simple definition, the anatomy and histology of this area reveal its great complexity. Figure 9.1, schematic representations made by Benninghoff and reproduced and quoted for the first time by Rohen and Unger in 1959 [1], show the variety of systems converging in the area of the chamber angle.
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Rohen JW, Unger HH (1959) Zur Morphologie und Pathologie der Kammerbucht des Auges. Abhandlungen der Mainzer Akademie der Wissenschaften und Literatur Franz Steiner, Wiesbaden, pp 1–206
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(2009). The Anatomy of the Chamber Angle. In: The Glaucomas. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69146-4_9
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