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Yves Clermont, Michael Lalli, Zsuzsanna Bencsath-Makkai
LIGHT-MICROSCOPIC HISTOLOGY ATLAS

18. Eye

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18.18 Lense and a ciliairy process

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Section of a lens and of a ciliary process.

The lens shows a thick capsule (C), the anterior epithelium of the lens (E) and closely packed lens fibres (*). The posterior surface of the lens is not covered with such an epithelium. The lens, on the other hand, is completely covered by the capsule.

The oblique section of the ciliary process (P) shows an epithelium composed of two layers of cells at the surface of a thin layer of connective tissue.

The basal cells of this epithelium are heavily pigmented, while the surface cells are not (see the following figures).

A few zonular fibres (Z) are identified.

Stain: H–E
Magnification: ×250

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