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lens fiber
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A region of the lens consisting of packed elongated enucleate cells packed with crystallin [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Term info
Label
lens fiber
Synonyms
- fibrae lentis
- lens fibers
- lens fibers set
- lens fibres
Subsets
pheno_slim
external definition
Fibres resembling a ribbon and arranged in very thin plates in the lens. [Dorian_AF, Elsevier's_encyclopaedic_dictionary_of_medicine, Part_B:_Anatomy_(1988)_Amsterdam_etc.:_Elsevier][VHOG]
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lens fibre, set of lens fibers
homology notes
(...) the line, or Y, or star sutures common to mammalian lenses, including those of primates. In the case of line or Y sutures, the overlapping of lens fibers in each successive shell is coincident and results in the formation of four or six three-dimensional suture planes that extend from the lens nucleus to the periphery.[well established][VHOG]
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UBERON:0002444