DIFFUSION OF OXYGEN IN HUMAN CORNEAS INVIVO

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  • 1 January 1981
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 20 (1), 123-125
Abstract
No O2 was detected on the corneal surface of human subjects breathing air or almost pure O2. The epithelium apparently obtains all its O2 from the air or the palpebral conjunctiva and the endoethelium is supplied with O2 solely by the aqueous humor.