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Descriptor English: Lens, Crystalline
Descriptor Spanish: Cristalino
Descriptor cristalino
Entry term(s) cristalino del ojo
lente
lente del ojo
lente ocular
Scope note: Estructura transparente biconvexa del OJO, alojada en una cápsula y situada detrás del IRIS y delante del humor vítreo (CUERPO VÍTREO). Se encuentra ligeramente solapada, en su borde, por los procesos ciliares. La adaptación del CUERPO CILIAR es crucial para la ACOMODACIÓN OCULAR.
Descriptor Portuguese: Cristalino
Descriptor French: Cristallin
Entry term(s): Cristallin de l'oeil
Cristallin oculaire
Lentille cristalline
Lentille du cristallin
Tree number(s): A09.371.060.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007908
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.
Annotation: of the eye; congenital absence = APHAKIA /congen; APHAKIA, POSTCATARACT is also available; replacement by intraocular lens = LENSES, INTRAOCULAR; extraction = probably CATARACT EXTRACTION
Allowable Qualifiers: AB malformations
AH anatomie et histologie
BS vascularisation
CH composition chimique
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
DG imagerie diagnostique
EM embryologie
EN enzymologie
GD croissance et développement
IM immunologie
IN traumatismes
IR innervation
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PA anatomopathologie
PH physiologie
PP physiopathologie
PS parasitologie
RE effets des radiations
SU chirurgie
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie
Related: Aphakie MeSH
DeCS ID: 8083
Unique ID: D007908
NLM Classification: WW 260
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2007/07/09
Cristallin - Preferred
Concept UI M0012351
Preferred term Cristallin
Entry term(s) Cristallin de l'oeil
Cristallin oculaire
Lentille cristalline
Lentille du cristallin



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