Fig. 32. A scanning electron microscopic view of the anterior face of the lens with the ciliary body folded back. A direct pathway of the anterior zonules can be traced between the ciliary processes of the pars plicata (ppli) to the pars plana (ppla). The scale bar equals 500 μm. (Farnsworth PN, Burke P: Three-dimensional architecture of the suspensory apparatus of the lens of the rhesus monkey. Exp Eye Res 25:563, 1977) |