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The terminology of the biomicroscopically visible elimination of aqueous humour

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The increasing number of publications dealing with aqueous veins and related problems calls for a review of the terms used in the description of the biomicroscopically visible elimination of aqueous humour. The names given, in different languages, to the aqueous veins, their recipient vessels and the compression tests performed on them are enumerated. It is explained why the usual term collectors should be replaced by the expression outlets of Schlemm's canal., The pitfalls of terms like “apparent outflow pressure” and “turbulence”, used in connection with phenomena observed on aqueous veins, are outlined.

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Vu le nombre croissant de publications traitant des veines aqueuses et de problèmes connexes, il est jugé indispensable de revoir les termes utilisés dans la description des voies d'élimination visibles au biomicroscope. Les noms donnés dans les différentes langues aux veines aqueuses, à leurs vaisseaux récepteurs et aux tests de compression pratiqués sur elles sont énumérés. Il est expliqué, pourquoi le terme de vaisseau collecteur drevrait être remplacé par celui de vaisseau efférent du canal de Schlemm. Enfin, l'attention est attirée sur les malentendus qui sont inévitables, lorsqu'on utilise des expressions telles que “pression apparente d'écoulement” ou “turbulence” pour expliquer des phénomènes observés sur les veines aqueuses.

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Ascher, K.W. The terminology of the biomicroscopically visible elimination of aqueous humour. Doc Ophthalmol 5, 193–204 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00143662

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