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crystalline lens (lens of eye, L)
A transparent biconvex cellular body lying between the iris & the vitreous.
One of the refracting media of the eye, it consists of a soft outer part (cortical substance) with a denser central part (nucleus).
The lens is surrounded by a fine membrane, the capsule.
Pathology:
- dislocation of the crystalline lens (intraocular lens) may occur as a result of trauma [1] (image CT)
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capsule lentis (lens capsule)
lens
General
eye structure
References
- Guidry K
Images in Clinical Medicine
Intraocular Lens Dislocation
N Engl J Med 2021; 384:2053. May 27
PMID: 34042391
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMicm2032935
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