BIOC19H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Lens Placode, Capsule Of Lens, Optic Vesicle
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Lens development as a model system: (slide 2) Characteristics of the differentiated lens as an important component of the eye. Developmental biology of the differentiation of the lens in the eye. An example of the differentiation of a highly specialized cell type exhibiting well defined morphological features and packed fill of a unique tissue specific protein necessary for the functioning of the lens of the eye. *crystalline is a tissue specific protein that gives lens its functional property (focus light), it is a terminally differentiated cell. Transparent front layer of the eye that helps protect the eye from external matter. It also controls and focuses the entry of. Size changes depending on the amount of light that passes through it. Gives colour to the eye, it also controls the size of the pupil. It is responsible for changing the focal distance of the eye. The lens helps focus the light to the back of the eye onto the.
