Fig. 33. Posterior zonular insertion. A. In intact eye (Gomori hematoxylin, × 7). B. Posterior lens and equator of an extracted lens. The posterior zonular insertion begins over the end of the meridional nuclear rows of lens epithelium (arrows) (Gomori's hematoxylin, × 15). (Streeten BW, Pulaski JP: Posterior zonules and lens extraction. Arch Ophthalmol 96:132, 1978. Copyright 1978, American Medical Association) |