Modified or toughened vitreous that suspend the lens at the equator to the non-pigmented epithelium of the ciliary zone. In zebrafish, dorsal zonules are thickened as compared to ventral zonules. In both dorsal and ventral regions, these fibers delimit the vitreous body aqueous humor boundary. [ ORCiD:0000-0002-2244-7917 GOC:cvs http://zfin.org/ZDB-PUB-050701-15 ]
Synonyms: zonules
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- head connective tissue
- ligament
- portion of organism substance
- suspensory ligament of lens
- part of some eye
- develops from some vitreous