Aqueous humor dynamics in the enucleated deer eye.

Facility of outflow of aqueous humor was determined in ten deer (Odocoileus virginianus) eyes enucleated within 1 hr post-mortem. Although both outflow facility and anterior chamber volume were much greater than values reported in the literature for a variety of other species, calculated values for aqueous humor turnover were within the reported range for other animals as well as for man. These results strengthen the hypothesis that the rate of turnover of aqueous humor is quite similar in eyes of vastly differing dimensions.