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ZONULE ZINN [3 records]

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Record 1 2017-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Eye
DEF

The space in the eye delimited by the posterior surface of the iris, the ciliary processes and the valleys between them, the zonule of Zinn, and the anterior surface of the crystalline lens.

OBS

More extensively, it is also said to include the canal of Hanover, the canal of Petit, and the retrolental space of Berger.

OBS

filled with aqueous liquid.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oeil
DEF

Cavité de l'œil remplie par l'humeur aqueuse et limitée par la face postérieure de l'iris, le corps ciliaire, la zonule et la face antérieure du cristallin.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ojo
DEF

Parte media del ojo que se extiende desde la cara posterior del iris hasta el cristalino, zónula y cuerpo ciliar.

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Record 2 2010-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Visual Disorders
DEF

A disease in which small, gray, fluffy particles are deposited on the crystalline lens, zonule of Zinn, iris, cornea, and in the filtration angle.

OBS

... often confused with a true exfoliation of the capsule of the crystalline lens.

CONT

However, in a recent study, only 1 in 5 cases of pseudoexfoliation syndrome with zonular dialysis during cataract surgery resulted in total lens delivery.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles de la vision
CONT

Examen ophtalmologique - Il précisera : [...] - la qualité de l'iris: pupille centrée ou non, sphincter intact ou non, atrophie irienne, présence de synéchies irido- cristalliniennes ou d'une pseudo-exfoliation capsulaire.

Spanish

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Record 3 2001-11-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Eye
DEF

The noncellular outer covering of the crystalline lens, secreted by the embryonic anterior and posterior epithelium, which receives the fibers of the zonule of Zinn and the hyaloideocapsular ligaments from the vitreous humor.

Key term(s)
  • crystalline capsule
  • hyaline capsule
  • capsule

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oeil
DEF

Capsule transparente et élastique recouvrant le cristallin.

OBS

Source MVISI-F : Le nouveau dictionnaire de la vision par Michel Millodot, Médiacom Vision Éditeur, 1997.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ojo
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