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MeSH Heading: Lens, Crystalline
Tree Number(s): A09.371.060.500
Unique ID: D007908
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007908
Annotation: of the eye; congenital absence = APHAKIA /‌congen; APHAKIA, POSTCATARACT is also available; replacement by intraocular lens = LENSES, INTRAOCULAR; extraction = probably CATARACT EXTRACTION
Scope Note: A transparent, biconvex structure of the EYE, enclosed in a capsule and situated behind the IRIS and in front of the vitreous humor (VITREOUS BODY). It is slightly overlapped at its margin by the ciliary processes. Adaptation by the CILIARY BODY is crucial for OCULAR ACCOMMODATION.
Entry Term(s): Crystalline Lens; Eye Lens; Lens, Eye
NLM Classification #: WW 258
See Also: Aphakia
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2007/07/09

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood supply (BS)

chemistry (CH)

cytology (CY)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

injuries (IN)

innervation (IR)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

physiopathology (PP)

radiation effects (RE)

surgery (SU)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0012351
Scope Note: A transparent, biconvex structure of the EYE, enclosed in a capsule and situated behind the IRIS and in front of the vitreous humor (VITREOUS BODY). It is slightly overlapped at its margin by the ciliary processes. Adaptation by the CILIARY BODY is crucial for OCULAR ACCOMMODATION.
Terms: Lens, Crystalline Preferred Term
Term UI T023584
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Eye Lens
Term UI T485581
Date03/13/2002
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2003); Lens, Eye
Term UI T485582
Date03/13/2002
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2003); Crystalline Lens
Term UI T613340
Date10/14/2004
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2006)

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