A transparent and refractive lens located posterior to the iris. The lens of camera-type eye refracts light to be focused on the retina. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lens_(anatomy) http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Synonyms: camera-type eye lens lens crystallina
Term information
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- EHDAA:9057
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uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, human_reference_atlas
Term relations
- transparent eye structure
- ectoderm-derived structure
- developmentally induced by some retinal neural layer
- part of some anterior segment of eyeball
- contributes to morphology of some anterior segment of eyeball
- develops from some lens vesicle