The vitreous humor or vitreous body (vitreous meaning "glass-like", from Latin vitreus, equivalent to vitr(um) glass + -eus -ous) is the clear gel that fills the space between the lens and the retina of the eyeball of humans and other vertebrates. It is often referred to as the vitreous humor or simply "the vitreous". <img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Three_Internal_chambers_of_the_Eye.svg/1024px-Three_Internal_chambers_of_the_Eye.svg.png" width="500"> From [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitreous_body) under [CC BY 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) license.