Age Related Changes in Extracellular Materials in the Inner Wall of Schlemm’s Canal

An electron microscopic investigation was conducted to study the extracellular materials of the endothelial meshwork in the human outflow apparatus. A quantitative analysis was made to determine the changes which occur with age. Tissue from 20 cases, ages 4 months to 80 years, was examined. A morphometric technique which utilised a grid of 100 random points was used to estimate the percentage area of extracellular components in the endothelial meshwork.