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| Preface to the Second Edition | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| Review of Ocular Anatomy | p. 1 |
| Gross Anatomy | p. 2 |
| Internal Anatomy | p. 3 |
| Sclera and Cornea | p. 3 |
| Corneoscleral Junction | p. 4 |
| Uvea | p. 4 |
| Retina | p. 7 |
| Crystalline Lens | p. 9 |
| Vitreous Body | p. 10 |
| Chambers of the Eye | p. 11 |
| Blood Vessels in the Eye | p. 11 |
| Nonvisual Nerves of the Eyeball | p. 13 |
| Eyelids and Conjunctiva | p. 14 |
| The Aqueous Humor | p. 17 |
| Source | p. 18 |
| Chemistry | p. 21 |
| Rate of Production | p. 25 |
| Outflow Path | p. 29 |
| The Intraocular Pressure | p. 31 |
| Methods of Measurement | p. 31 |
| Schiotz Tonometry | p. 32 |
| Applanation Tonometry | p. 46 |
| Errors in Tonometry | p. 49 |
| MacKay-Marg Tonometer, Durham-Langham Pneumatonometers, and Noncontact Tonometers | p. 53 |
| Normal Intraocular Pressure | p. 59 |
| Factors Affecting Intraocular Pressure | p. 61 |
| Estimating Changes in Intraocular Pressure | p. 65 |
| Facility of Outflow and Tonography | p. 67 |
| Other Factors Influencing Intraocular Pressure | p. 75 |
| The Vitreous Body | p. 77 |
| Anatomy | p. 77 |
| Chemical Properties | p. 78 |
| Physical Properties | p. 80 |
| Osmosis | p. 80 |
| Flow Conductivity | p. 81 |
| The Lens | p. 85 |
| Structure | p. 85 |
| Accommodation and Elasticity | p. 88 |
| Transparency | p. 90 |
| Metabolism and Nutrition | p. 91 |
| Cataract | p. 93 |
| The Cornea I: Form, Swelling Pressure, Transport Processes and Optics | p. 97 |
| Structure | p. 98 |
| Swelling Pressure | p. 107 |
| The Thickness-Hydration Relationship | p. 114 |
| In Vivo Measurement of Swelling - Imbibition Pressure | p. 117 |
| Transparent Process | p. 117 |
| Theory of Diffusion | p. 118 |
| Theory of Bulk Flow | p. 122 |
| Stromal Diffusion | p. 124 |
| Bulk Flow in the Stroma | p. 125 |
| The Limiting Layers | p. 128 |
| Diffusion | p. 129 |
| Bulk Flow | p. 130 |
| Corneal Bulk Water Flow | p. 132 |
| Physical Optics | p. 134 |
| Transmission and Absorption | p. 134 |
| Scattering | p. 139 |
| Refractive Index | p. 141 |
| Birefringence | p. 145 |
| Cornea II: Metabolism, Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, and Contact Lens Wear | p. 151 |
| Glucose | p. 152 |
| Amino Acids | p. 153 |
| Oxygen | p. 154 |
| Corneal Oxygen Requirements | p. 154 |
| The Critical Oxygen Tension | p. 160 |
| Oxygen Flux and Distribution of Oxygen | p. 161 |
| The Open Eye | p. 165 |
| The Closed Eye | p. 167 |
| The Cornea in an Oxygen-Free Environment | p. 167 |
| The Tight Oxygen Impermeable Contact Lens | p. 168 |
| The Case of the Tight Gas-Permeable Contact Lens | p. 172 |
| Oxygen Tension at the Corneal Surface | p. 174 |
| The Case of the Gas-Impermeable Contact Lens with Tear Pumping | p. 178 |
| The Case of the Oxygen-Permeable Contact Lens with Tear Pumping | p. 190 |
| Multilayered Cornea | p. 192 |
| Carbon Dioxide | p. 196 |
| Corneal Thickness Control | p. 199 |
| The Sclera | p. 205 |
| Swelling Pressure, Diffusion, and Bulk Flow | p. 206 |
| Tissue Mechanics of Sclera (and Cornea) | p. 209 |
| Retina | p. 213 |
| Structure | p. 213 |
| Metabolism | p. 214 |
| Photochemistry | p. 216 |
| Flow Conductivity and Retinal Adhesion | p. 218 |
| Density Measurement | p. 221 |
| Flow Conductivity Measurement | p. 221 |
| The Tears and the Lids | p. 227 |
| The Tears | p. 227 |
| Function | p. 227 |
| Film Structure | p. 227 |
| Sources | p. 229 |
| Composition | p. 230 |
| Stability | p. 232 |
| Production Rate | p. 238 |
| Evaporation and Temperature | p. 239 |
| The Lids | p. 239 |
| Lid Activity | p. 240 |
| References | p. 247 |
| Index | p. 259 |
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Physiology of the Eye : An Introduction to the Vegetative Functions
by Fatt, Irving; Weissman, Barry A., Ph.D.Edition: 2nd
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1992-06-01
Publisher(s): Butterworth-Heinemann
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