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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Prog Retin Eye Res. 2019 Nov 6;76:100802. doi: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2019.100802

Figure 1. Diagram of human lens regions.

Figure 1.

Schematic diagram of the human lens showing capsule, anterior layer of epithelial cells (EC), cortex, adult nucleus (AN), juvenile nucleus (JN), fetal nucleus (FN) and embryonic nucleus (EN). The red line indicates the barrier region where transport of water and glutathione are impeded in aged lenses.