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Ocular pharmacology
Glaucoma
The normal Intra Ocular Pressure (IOP) is
about 15 mmHg.
This is maintained by a balance of aqueous
humour :
formation by the ciliary body and
outflow through the trabecular meshwork in to
the canal of schlemm
Aqueous humor dynamics
Receptor systems controlling aqueous inflow have
not been elucidated fully.
Trabecular meshwork
(opened by pilocarpine)
Lens
(M3)
Secretion of aqueous humor (b)