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The cornea is distinguished from other tissues of the body by several special features: (1) avascularity; (2) acellularity; (3) very regular orientation of stromal collagen fibers, enhancing optical transparency; (4) the presence of anterior and posterior basement membranes; and (5) an unusually rich innervation (see Chapter 1 for details of anatomy and histology of the cornea). Basic information and reading: Apple and Rabb,11 Bron and Tripathi,58 Donn,121 Grayson and Keates,190 Grayson and Wilbrandt,191 Jaeger,245 King and McTigue,291 and Straub and Rossman.490
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