Fig. 24. The nature of the superficial zonular insertion. A. A dark area of surface abrasion in the anterior end of the zonular insertion shows variable rippling and retraction of the remaining layer (boxed area) (SEM, × 645). B. At the edge of the abrasion in the boxed area of A, individual fibrils blend into the fibrogranular matrix of the superficial lens capsule (SEM, × 10,700). (Streeten BW: The zonular insertion: A scanning electron microscopic study. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 16:364, 1977)