False-colour Sem Of Cells From Lens Of Human Eye
by Prof. P. Motta/dept. Of Anatomy/university La Sapienza", Rome/science Photo Library"
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False-colour Sem Of Cells From Lens Of Human Eye
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Prof. P. Motta/dept. Of Anatomy/university La Sapienza", Rome/science Photo Library"
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Photograph - Photograph
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Lens of the eye. False-colour scanning electron micrograph of fibre-like cells that form the lens of the human eye. The transparency of the lens (width 4 millimetres) is due to the absence of nuclei in its cells, & to the crystalline precision of their arrangement. The zip-like rows of ball-&-socket joints that bind these cells together may also play a part. In cross-section lens cells are flattened hexagons, arranged in regular stacks. The cells of the lens are called fibres because of their dimensions, with lengths of 10 millimetres and diameters of 5 micrometres. Magnification: x880 at 6x7cm size.
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February 18th, 2021
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