Which tissue enables the aqueous humor to flow from the anterior chamber into Schlemm's canal?

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Which tissue enables the aqueous humor to flow from the anterior chamber into Schlemm's canal?

Understanding how the eye drains aqueous humor helps here. The main route for conventional outflow is through a porous, sieve-like tissue at the iridocorneal angle called the trabecular meshwork. Aqueous humor from the anterior chamber passes through this meshwork and then enters Schlemm's canal. From there it moves into collector channels and finally the venous system. The canal of Schlemm receives the fluid, but it’s the trabecular meshwork that enables the flow from the anterior chamber into that canal. Tenon's fascia and the uvea are not the structures that form this drainage pathway.

Understanding how the eye drains aqueous humor helps here. The main route for conventional outflow is through a porous, sieve-like tissue at the iridocorneal angle called the trabecular meshwork. Aqueous humor from the anterior chamber passes through this meshwork and then enters Schlemm's canal. From there it moves into collector channels and finally the venous system. The canal of Schlemm receives the fluid, but it’s the trabecular meshwork that enables the flow from the anterior chamber into that canal. Tenon's fascia and the uvea are not the structures that form this drainage pathway.

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