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The Ordered Structure of the Crystalline Lens

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Development of Order in the Visual System

Part of the book series: Cell and Developmental Biology of the Eye ((EYE))

Abstract

The function of the crystalline lens is to focus light onto the retina. Consequently, the lens must be transparent. Lens transparency is in part made possible by the highly ordered arrangement of its uniform, terminally differentiated cells. It is an oversimplification to describe the lens as a biconvex spheroid comprised of crescent-like cells arranged end to end around a polar axis. To comprehend lens architecture it is necessary to consider embryonic lens development, the formation of primary and secondary fiber cells and the structure of lens sutures.

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Kuszak, J.R., Bertram, B.A., Rae, J.L. (1986). The Ordered Structure of the Crystalline Lens. In: Hilfer, S.R., Sheffield, J.B. (eds) Development of Order in the Visual System. Cell and Developmental Biology of the Eye. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4914-6_3

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