Medical Term:

blood-aqueous barrier

 

Definition: a selectively permeable barrier between the capillary bed in the processes of the ciliary body and the aqueous humor in the anterior chamber of the eye; consists of two layers of simple cuboidal epithelium joined at their apical surfaces with junctional complexes.

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Examples: glitazone, GI cocktail, etc.

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