Episode 75: Vitreous Fundamentals

Learn the fundamentals of vitreous composition and anatomy; important facts to know for beginning trainees, and higher level facts to memorize for senior trainees studying for boards.

Image credit: American Academy of Ophthalmology 2021. Link to AAO Multimedia Library here.

Caption from the AAO website: “Schematic of the topography of the vitreous body demonstrating distribution of the collagen fibrils (lines) at the vitreous base, at the cortex, in the macular region, and at the optic nerve head.”