Lens, Crystalline [oční čočka]
topical
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- Terms
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čočka oční
čočka oka
lens crystallina
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Crystalline Lens
Eye Lens
Lens, Eye
Persistent link
https://www.medvik.cz/link/D007908
Definition
A transparent, biconvex structure of the EYE, enclosed in a capsule and situated behind the IRIS and in front of the vitreous humor (VITREOUS BODY). It is slightly overlapped at its margin by the ciliary processes. Adaptation by the CILIARY BODY is crucial for OCULAR ACCOMMODATION.
- Annotation
- of the eye; congenital absence = APHAKIA /congen; APHAKIA, POSTCATARACT is also available; replacement by intraocular lens = LENSES, INTRAOCULAR; extraction = probably CATARACT EXTRACTION
- DUI
- D007908 MeSH Browser
- CUI
- M0012351
Allowable subheadings
- AB
- abnormalities 8
- AH
- anatomy & histology 4
- BS
- blood supply 3
- CH
- chemistry 7
- CY
- cytology 7
- DG
- diagnostic imaging 0
- DE
- drug effects 14
- EM
- embryology 8
- EN
- enzymology 2
- GD
- growth & development 6
- IM
- immunology 0
- IN
- injuries 7
- IR
- innervation 0
- ME
- metabolism 29
- MI
- microbiology 0
- PS
- parasitology 1
- PA
- pathology 51
- PH
- physiology 16
- PP
- physiopathology 14
- RE
- radiation effects 14
- SU
- surgery 46
- TR
- transplantation 11
- UL
- ultrastructure 7
- VI
- virology 0
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