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Vitreous, located between lens and retina, comprises approximately 80 % of the volume of the eye and is considered to be the largest structure in the eye. The word “vitreous” is derived from a Latin word “vitrum,” which means glass. As the name suggests, vitreous is a transparent, colorless, gel-like structure, which occupies two-thirds of the total volume of eye, and is approximately 4 mL in volume.
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Majumder, P.D. (2017). Anatomy of Vitreous. In: Chakrabarti, A. (eds) Posterior Capsular Rent. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-3586-6_3
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