Black-line formation and the "perched" human tear film

Current Eye Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 155-162

  Miller, Kimberly L ^a   Polse, Kenneth A ^a   Radke, Clayton J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Black line formation; Capillary hydrodynamics; Deposited pre ocular tear film; Gravity drainage; Tear meniscus suction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; GRAVIMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; LUBRICATION; MALE; MEMBRANE MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUCTION; SURFACE TENSION; TEAR FILM; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BLINKING; GRAVITY; LACRIMAL FLUID; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; WETTABILITY; WOUND DRAINAGE;

FLUORESCEIN;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; BLINKING; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN; GRAVITATION; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SURFACE TENSION; TEARS; TIME FACTORS; WETTABILITY;

EID: 0036769310     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.25.3.155.13478     Document Type: Article

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