title: Specular microscopic observations of the corneal endothelium in the normal rabbit.
abstract: Endothelial specular microscopy and pachometry were performed on both eyes of 14 young adult New Zealand white rabbits with clinically normal eyes. Endothelial cells of the central corneas formed a mosaic-like pattern of homogenous hexagonal cells with a mean diameter of 20.6 +/- 1.0 micron sd. The mean number of cells per mm was 2998 +/- 326 sd and the mean corneal thickness was 0.38 +/- 0.02 mm sd.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003315:Cornea / Q000166:cytology*; D004727:Endothelium / Q000166:cytology; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008853:Microscopy / Q000379:methods*; D010781:Photography; D011817:Rabbits / Q000033:anatomy & histology*