Open AccessPILOCARPINE‐INDUCED MOVEMENT OF THE TRABECULAR MESH
Author(s) -
MOSES ROBERT A.,
GOLDBERG IVAN
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-1606
pISSN - 0814-9763
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-9071.1986.tb00468.x
Subject(s) - trabecular meshwork , pilocarpine , ciliary muscle , cornea , contraction (grammar) , anatomy , medicine , ophthalmology , glaucoma , physics , optics , accommodation , psychiatry , epilepsy
From geometrical considerations of the trabecular meshwork, ciliary muscle contraction has been predicted to produce an inward movement of the mesh. Goniophotographs taken under carefully controlled conditions before and after topical administration of pilocarpine showed a change in angle between cornea and mesh that is consistent with the predicted change .