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. 2020 Jul 6;7(3):71. doi: 10.3390/bioengineering7030071

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Bioarchitecture of the human cornea. Schematic illustration of (A) the cross-section of the human eye ball, (B) cornea, and (C) histological section of a human cornea showing the ultrastructure of the three main layers (epithelium, stroma, and endothelium) as well as the Bowman’s layer and the Descemet’s membrane (courtesy of Matthias Fuest, MD, RWTH Aachen University). (D) Illustration of orthogonally aligned collagen lamellae present in the human corneal stroma.