Figure 5From: Age-related compaction of lens fibers affects the structure and optical properties of rabbit lensesScanning 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.Back to article page