Submacular choroidal circulation.
A neoprene latex and pigment mixture was injected into the choroidal blood vessels of human cadaver eyes. When peripheral resistence was normal, a single arteriole filled a single lobule of the choriocapillaris drained by mulitple surrounding venules. The choridal veins interconnected and an increase in the peripheral resistance caused by elevation of the venous pressure resulted in filling of contiguous lobules in a retrograde manner through the venules that normally drain them.
D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002196:Capillaries; D002829:Choroid / Q000098:blood supply*; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005584:Fovea Centralis / Q000098:blood supply; D000882:Haplorhini; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D011859:Radiography; D012039:Regional Blood Flow