crystalline lens
Noun
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Biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye;
Its role (along with the cornea) is to focus light on the retina (synset 105327912)is a type of: organ - a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular functionhas:- cortex, lens cortex - the tissue that surrounds the lens nucleus
- lens capsule - a tenuous mesoblastic membrane surrounding the lens of the eye
same as: lens, lens of the eye
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