Question

Give the difference between aqueous humor and vitreous humor.

Answer 1

Hint: Eyes are very important sensory organ that provide vision to all the organisms. The parts of the eye are retina, lens, cornea, eyeball, ciliary muscle etc. The fluids present in the eye are aqueous humor and the vitreous humor. Both are required for maintaining the health of the eyes.

Complete answer:

Characteristics	Aqueous humor	Vitreous humor
Nature of the humor	It is the watery fluid	It is jelly-like and transparent fuel.
Location	It is present in the full length of the cornea and the iris in the anterior and the posterior chamber.	It is present between the lens and retina.
Act as	It acts as the reflective medium.	It functions as the refractive medium.
Function	It regulates the intraocular pressure in the eyes	It maintains the eyeball by regulating its shape and size.
	Its main function is to provide nutrition like vitamin C to the lens by draining the metabolism.	It has a high amount of lactic acid and the pyruvic acid in it and also possesses salt, sugar, collagen and water.
	It protects the eyes by blocking the dust, bacteria etc.	This helps in the protection of the eyes.
Synthesized by	This liquor is produced by the ciliary body in the eyes	At the back of the retina, it acts as the film of the camera.
Movement	It moves since they are watery.	They are set in a proper proposition and do not move.

Note: One of the serious dangers in the vitreous humor is the detachment of the retinal layer. After the detachment of the retina, the vitreous humor enters into the retina and causes further detachment of the retina. This is a serious outcome and results in the loss of vision.