crystalline lens (lens of eye, L)

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Introduction

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.

dislocation of the crystalline lens (intraocular lens) may occur as a result of trauma^[1] (image CT)

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Guidry K Images in Clinical Medicine Intraocular Lens Dislocation N Engl J Med 2021; 384:2053. May 27 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34042391 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMicm2032935