title: [Collagen architecture of sclerocorneal trabeculae in relation to age].
abstract: The authors investigated the collagen architecture of the sclerocorneal trabeculum in relation to age in eight eyes within the range from a premature infant to a 90-year-old man. All specimens were investigated using a scanning electron microscope of Jeol Co. The appearance of fibrils does not change substantially in relation to age, however, their pattern and distribution change. In a 10-year-old boy Schlemm's canal is wide, oval with thin trabecular plates and wide open spaces surrounding them. In the 90-year-old man the canal is open but the plates on its luminous side are thickened, wrinkled and compressed. On the albuminous side there is a compact wall of compressed collagen layers.
authors.affiliation: Ocní oddĕlení OUNZ, Zlín.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Machová
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kubĕna
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Holubová
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003094:Collagen / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D003315:Cornea / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D008875:Middle Aged; D012590:Sclera / Q000648:ultrastructure; D014129:Trabecular Meshwork / Q000648:ultrastructure*
chemical_list: D003094:Collagen
vernacular_title: Kolagenní architektura sklerokorneálního trabekula v závislosti na vĕku.