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LENS Diameter: 9-10 mm Thickness: 3.5mm at birth, 5mm (in elderly) Ant. Surface < convex than Post. Surface Refractive Index: 1.39 Refractive Power: 15-16D Structure The…

Education Physiology of lens and cataractogenesis sivateja

1. PHYSIOLOGY OF LENS AND CATARACTOGENESIS 2. BIOCHEMISTRY OF THE LENS • MAIN CONTENTS ARE WATER (65%) PROTEINS(34%) LIPIDS,CHO AND TRACE ELEMENTS(1%) 3. WATER • relatively…