A layer of cuboidal epithelial cells bounded anteriorly by the capsule of the lens and posteriorly by the lens cortex. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Synonyms: subcapsular lens epithelium lens subcapsular epithelium
Term information
- RETIRED_EHDAA2:0000976
- UMLS:C1182652 (ncithesaurus:Subcapsular_Epithelium_of_the_Lens)
- EHDAA2:0000984
- EMAPA:17839
- NCIT:C33641
- VHOG:0001425
- FMA:70612
- MA:0001302
- EMAPA:17304
- EHDAA:9059
- SCTID:362521008
Cells of the subcapsular epithelium (or anterior lens cells) are mitotically active. In adult individuals they only cover the anterior 'hemisphere' of the lens. As they divide, cells gradually move towards the equator of the lens where they tranform into lens fibres. The apical part of the gradually elongating cell extends between the subcapsular epithelium and adjacent lens fibres towards the anterior pole of the lens. The basal part extends towards the posterior pole. The nucleus remains close to the equatorial plane of the lens - http://www.lab.anhb.uwa.edu.au/mb140/corepages/eye/eye.htm
Term relations
- epithelium and part of some lens of camera-type eye and adjacent to some capsule of lens
- epithelium
- ecto-epithelium
- epithelium of lens
- adjacent to some lens cortex
- adjacent to some capsule of lens