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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 21.
Published in final edited form as: Exp Cell Res. 2007 Apr 6;313(10):2180–2188. doi: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2007.04.005

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Schematic view of the eye lens showing the main features and regions. The lens of the eye is enclosed by lens capsule (A) and the anterior surface of the lens is covered with a single layer of epithelial cells (B). The lens fibre cells are formed from epithelial cells at the lens equator (C) as part of their differentiation pathway. The epithelial elongate until their ends reach the two lens poles and are joined at the lens sutures. One of the striking features of the lens differentiation process at this stage is the removal of membrane-bound organelles (D) including nuclei, as indicated here as black dots. A cross section of the lens reveals the elongated fibre cells with characteristic hexagonal shape (E). The bulk of the lens thus consists of long, ribbon-like fibre cells arranged as concentric layer with the primary fibres cells at the centre of the lens (F).