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CORTICAL SUBSTANCE LENS [1 record]

Record 1 2013-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Eye
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

Jelly-like portion of the crystalline lens, composed of millions of thin lens fibers, that forms its main body. Located between the denser inner nucleus and the elastic outer capsule.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oeil
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
DEF

Partie du cristallin qui se trouve sous la capsule et enveloppe le noyau.

Key term(s)
  • cortex du cristallin

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ojo
Entrada(s) universal(es)
DEF

Porción de los lentes cristalinos que rodean al núcleo y están unidos, en su porción anterior, por el epitelio y por la cápsula en su porción posterior, [...] contiene las fibras lenticulares y la sustancia intercelular amorfa.

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