Terms Related to Crystalline Lens Cortex

• Crystalline Lens Nucleus

  The core of the crystalline lens, surrounded by the cortex.

• Crystalline Lens Capsule

  The noncellular outer covering of the crystalline lens, secreted by the embryonic anterior and posterior epithelium. The embryonic posterior epithelium later disappears.

• Intraocular Lens Implantation

  Insertion of an artificial lens following removal of the crystalline lens, usually after cataract extraction.

• Aqueous Humor

  The clear, watery fluid which fills the anterior and posterior chambers of the eye. It has a refractive index lower than the crystalline lens, which ...

• Anterior Chambers

  The space in the eye, filled with aqueous humor, bounded anteriorly by the cornea and a small portion of the sclera and posteriorly by a ...