Lens substance

Substantia lentis

Definition

Felipe Barona Lopez

The lens substance is made up of the lens fibers. It consists of a cortex and a nucleus. This substance is neither vascularized nor innervated, it is supplied with nutrients by the aqueous humor.

References

Barone R, Simoens P. Anatomie comparée des mammifères domestiques, Tome 7, Neurologie II, Vigot, Paris, 2010.

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