Chamber Moisture

Chamber moisture is one of the most mysterious concepts in ophthalmology. Many who come across this term find it difficult to understand its essence. So, let's begin.

Why did chamber moisture come to be called that?

1. The appearance of the term is due to the fact that around 1798, the Swiss physician Antonio Spallanzani discovered how the eyeball is formed. Research has shown that each eye begins with a tiny sac, also called a vulla (chamber). A little later, the scientist applied the term to the eye itself, since it does not have a camera. Thus, the concept turned into a conditional one. 2. Chamber humor is also called aqueous humor in the eye, and it is believed that it comes from the word camarium - box, bubble, container. But each name has its own story. In the 19th century, scientists noticed that as the cornea thins, the number of ultramicroscopic aqueous fibers in the eye increases markedly. There is a version that one of the researchers considered them representatives of the “sac” of the eye, called them “chamber moisture”, later the word was shortened to “chamber”.

Chamber moisture is normally about 2 ml, its volume in an infant is approximately 3 ml. This is a relatively small volume, so it fits freely in the chamber bag adjacent