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Vitreous Body

"Vitreous Body" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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 hyaloid membrane and forms about four fifths of the optic globe.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Vitreous Body" by people in this website by year, and whether "Vitreous Body" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 40 publications over 21 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2003 and 2004 and 2005 and 2006 and 2008 and 2009 and 2010 and 2019
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