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Sense Organs > Eye > Anterior Eye Segment > Lens, Crystalline

Preferred term

Lens, Crystalline  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A transparent, biconvex structure of the EYE, enclosed in a capsule and situated behind the IRIS and in front of the vitreous humor (VITREOUS BODY). It is slightly overlapped at its margin by the ciliary processes. Adaptation by the CILIARY BODY is crucial for OCULAR ACCOMMODATION.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Crystalline Lens
  • Eye Lens
  • Lens, Eye

In other languages

  • French

  • Cristallin de l'oeil
  • Cristallin oculaire
  • Lentille cristalline
  • Lentille du cristallin

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-Q5K985CH-V

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