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Figure 5

From: Age-related compaction of lens fibers affects the structure and optical properties of rabbit lenses

Figure 5

Scanning electron micrographs of surface topology in EN fibers. A. Adult lens. The broad faces of EN fibers are smooth (asterisks) or contain only low-amplitude folds. B. Aged lens. The numerous, accordion-like folds (arrows) occur on virtually every broad face of EN fibers and show variation in frequency and moderate to high amplitude. These folds were present on EN fibers in 5 (of 8) lenses examined and are remarkably similar to accordion-like folds found in the nuclei of aged human lenses.

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