274 THE ANATOMY OF THE HORSE. 



The Vitreous Humour occupies four-fifths of the interior of the eye- 

 ball. It is globular in form, with a depression in front for the lodgment 

 of the lens. It is colourless, transparent, and of a consistency like thin 

 jelly. It is enveloped by a delicate capsule — the hyaloid membrane, 

 which is connected in front with the suspensory ligament of the lens, 

 and ends by joining the capsule behind the lens. 



Structure. — The vitreous humour is composed of branched connecti^'e- 

 tissue corpuscles in a jelly-like matrix. 



