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lens (pair)

Identification

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Link to the unit	lens (pair)
Links of entity	generic: lens
Entity-oriented links	Universal page Definition page
External links	TA98 FMA PubMed Wikipedia Radiopedia
Partonomic links	Level 2: visual organ (pair) Short Extended
	Level 3: lens (pair)
Taxonomic links	Level 2: organ component Short Extended
	Level 3: component of organ of eyeball
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Taxonomic definition

A lens is a component of organ of eyeball

] which is a deformable transparent body that sits in the eyeball [bulbus oculi

] and allows adjustment of the focal length of the eye.

Partonomy

TAH:U7540	central fibres of lens (pair) VOV
TAH:U7550	transitory fibres of lens (pair) VOV
TAH:U7551	principal fibres (pair) VOV

TAH:U7571	filensin filaments (pair) VOV
TAH:U8499	phakinin filaments (pair) VOV

TAH:U7004	lens epithelium (pair) UOU
TAH:U7005	capsule of lens (pair) UOU
TAH:U7006	anterior pole of lens (pair) PEU
TAH:U7007	posterior pole of lens (pair) PEU
TAH:U7008	anterior surface (pair) PEU
TAH:U7009	posterior surface (pair) PEU
TAH:U7010	axis (pair) PEU
TAH:U7011	equator (pair) PEU
TAH:U7012	radii (pair) QEU
TAH:U7013	ciliary zonule (pair) UOU

TAH:U7014	zonular fibres (pair) VOU
TAH:U7015	zonular spaces (pair) QEU

Total

21 children

Taxonomy

FMA:62955	anatomical entity
FMA:61775	physical entity
FMA:67165	material entity
FMA:305751	anatomical structure
FMA:67135	postnatal anatomical structure
FMA:82472	cardinal part of organ
FMA:14065	organ component
FMA:322156	component of organ of eyeball
FMA:58241	lens

Date: 25.06.2025