The Crystalline Lens

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Part of book or chapter of book , Other literature type 13 Aug 2014 English Publisher:Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Authors: J. Douglas Cameron; Dejan M. Rašić;

doi: 10.1007/978-3-662-43382-9_5

The Crystalline Lens

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The human crystalline lens is the second most important refracting element of the eye. The lens functions primarily in accommodative vision. The lens doubles in volume between birth and age 70. Approximately at age 40, the lens loses its ability to accommodate because of loss of pliability, and at age 70 the transparency of the lens is reduced resulting in cataract formation.

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