title: The lens capsule and zonulae.
abstract: The embryology and natural history of the lens capsule and the zonular apparatus have been described according to the present knowledge of the subject. Clinical evidence pointing towards an active turnover of lens capsule material is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Haukeland University Hospital, University of Bergen, Norway.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Seland
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007903:Lens Capsule, Crystalline / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000196:embryology; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000196:embryology; D008022:Ligaments / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000196:embryology