Allometry and scaling of the intraocular pressure and aqueous humour flow rate in vertebrate eyes

• Main Authors: Zouache, M.A., Eames, I., Samsudin, A.
• Format: Article
• Published: Public Library of Science 2016
• Subjects: R Medicine; TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/18656/; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0151490

In vertebrates, intraocular pressure (IOP) is required to maintain the eye into a shape allowing it to function as an optical instrument. It is sustained by the balance between the production of aqueous humour by the ciliary body and the resistance to its outflow from the eye. Dysregulation of the I...