anterior pole of lens
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Lens (anatomy) — Crystalline lens (anatomy) Light from a single point of a distant object and light from a single point of a near object being brought to a focus by changing the curvature of the lens … Wikipedia
pole — 1. One of the two points at the extremities of the axis of any organ or body. 2. Either of the two points on a sphere at the greatest distance from the equator. 3. One of the two points in a magnet or an electric battery or cell having extremes… … Medical dictionary
polus anterior lentis — [TA] anterior pole of lens: the central point of the anterior surface of the lens … Medical dictionary
polo anterior del cristalino — Eng. Anterior pole of lens Punto central de la superficie anterior del cristalino … Diccionario de oftalmología
polus — SYN: pole. [L. pole] p. anterior bulbi oculi [TA] SYN: anterior pole of eyeball. p. anterior lentis [TA] SYN: anterior pole of lens. p. frontalis [TA] SYN … Medical dictionary
body — 1. The head, neck, trunk, and extremities. The human b., consisting of head (caput), neck (collum), trunk (truncus), and limbs (membra). 2. The material part of a human, as distinguished from the … Medical dictionary
stella — A star or star shaped figure. [Mod. L.] s. lentis hyaloidea the posterior pole of the lens. See radii lentis, under radius. s. lentis iridica the anterior pole of the lens. See radii lentis, under radius. * * * stel·la (stelґə) pl. stelґlae… … Medical dictionary
stella lentis iridica — the anterior pole of the crystalline lens … Medical dictionary
animal development — Introduction the processes that lead eventually to the formation of a new animal starting from cells derived from one or more parent individuals. Development thus occurs following the process by which a new generation of organisms is produced by … Universalium
eye, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction specialized sense organ capable of receiving visual images, which are then carried to the brain. Anatomy of the visual apparatus Structures auxiliary to the eye The orbit The eye is protected from mechanical injury… … Universalium
