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Descriptor English: Lens Cortex, Crystalline
Descriptor Spanish: Corteza del Cristalino
Descriptor corteza del cristalino
Scope note: Porción del cristalino que rodea al núcleo y que están unidos, anteriormente, por el epitelio y posteriormente por la cápsula. Contiene las fibras lenticulares y la sustancia intercelular amorfa.
Descriptor Portuguese: Córtex do Cristalino
Descriptor French: Cortex du cristallin
Entry term(s): Cortex, Crystalline Lens
Crystalline Lens Cortex
Tree number(s): A09.371.060.500.225
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007904
Scope note: The portion of the crystalline lens surrounding the nucleus and bound anteriorly by the epithelium and posteriorly by the capsule. It contains lens fibers and amorphous, intercellular substance.
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Lens, Crystalline (1966-1982)
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under LENS, CRYSTALLINE 1983-90
History Note: 91(83); was see under LENS, CRYSTALLINE 1983-90
DeCS ID: 8082
Unique ID: D007904
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Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1982/04/28
Revision Date: 2007/07/09
Lens Cortex, Crystalline - Preferred
Concept UI M0012345
Scope note The portion of the crystalline lens surrounding the nucleus and bound anteriorly by the epithelium and posteriorly by the capsule. It contains lens fibers and amorphous, intercellular substance.
Preferred term Lens Cortex, Crystalline
Entry term(s) Cortex, Crystalline Lens
Crystalline Lens Cortex



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