Ashley's mother woke up one morning seeing rings of flashing light in one eye. Her doctor diagnosed the event as a "vitreous detachment.". Although Ashley was unfamiliar with this condition until she looked it up in her search engine, she was able to tell her mother that it probably involved_____________.

a. the pigmented tissue at the back of the eye that supports the photoreceptors.
b. a blockage of thetear ducts at the outer upper corner of the eye.
c. the fluid located in the main interior chamber of the eyeball.
d. the fluid located in the secondary anterior chamber of the eyeball.

A large part of the eye’s interior is filled with vitreous which is a gel-like substance/fluid that helps the eye maintain its round shape. Millions of fine fibers are intertwined within the vitreous that are attached to the surface of the retina which is the eye’s light-sensitive tissue. The vitreous shrinks slowly as one grow older, and these fine fibers looses on the retinal surface. Often times the fibers break, resulting in the vitreous to shrinking and separating from the retina which is known as Vitreous detachment.

When vitreous shrinks, it becomes like a string and the strands can put tiny shadows on the retina that you might notice as floaters which in appearance is as little “cobwebs” that tend to float about in your field of vision.

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Answer:

c. the fluid located in the main interior chamber of the eyeball.

Explanation:

Virtuous detachment involves the vitreous and the retina. The vitreous is a gel-like substance that fills the inside of the eye ball while the retina is a light sensitive area at the back of the eye. The vitreous detachment occurs when the vitreous shrinks and separates from the retina although it was attached to the surface of the retina through millions of tiny, intertwined fibres, this shrinkage is as a result of aging the age usually affected by this condition are people over the age of 50 years.