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canal of Schlemm

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noun \ -ˈshlem \

medical Definition of canal of Schlemm

:a circular canal lying in the substance of the sclerocorneal junction of the eye and draining the aqueous humor from the anterior chamber into the veins draining the eyeball — called also Schlemm's canal, sinus venosus sclerae

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Biographical Note for canal of schlemm

  • Schlemm, Friedrich S. (1795–1858), German anatomist. Schlemm described the canal of Schlemm in 1830. His description was not the first, for the canal had been noted as early as 1778.

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