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congenital absence = <a href="/record/ui?ui=D001035" class="textLink_APHAKIA">APHAKIA</a> <a id='congen' class='textLink_congen' href='/record/ui?ui=Q000151'>/‌congen</a>; <a href="/record/ui?ui=D001036" class="textLink_APHAKIAPOSTCATARACT">APHAKIA, POSTCATARACT</a> is also available; replacement by intraocular lens = <a href="/record/ui?ui=D007910" class="textLink_LENSESINTRAOCULAR">LENSES, INTRAOCULAR</a>; extraction = probably <a href="/record/ui?ui=D002387" class="textLink_CATARACTEXTRACTION">CATARACT EXTRACTION</a></dd> </span> <span id="scopeNote"> <dt>Scope Note</dt><dd>A transparent, biconvex structure of the <a href="/record/ui?ui=D005123" class="textLink_EYE">EYE</a>, enclosed in a capsule and situated behind the <a href="/record/ui?ui=D007498" class="textLink_IRIS">IRIS</a> and in front of the vitreous humor (<a href="/record/ui?ui=D014822" class="textLink_VITREOUSBODY">VITREOUS BODY</a>). It is slightly overlapped at its margin by the ciliary processes. Adaptation by the <a href="/record/ui?ui=D002924" class="textLink_CILIARYBODY">CILIARY BODY</a> is crucial for <a href="/record/ui?ui=D000065" class="textLink_OCULARACCOMMODATION">OCULAR ACCOMMODATION</a>.</dd> </span> <dt>Entry Term(s)</dt> <dd> Crystalline Lens </dd><dd> Eye Lens </dd><dd> Lens, Eye </dd> <dt>NLM Classification #</dt> <dd>WW 258</dd> <dt>See Also</dt> <dd><a id="seeAlso_Aphakia" href="/record/ui?ui=D001035" >Aphakia</a></dd> <dt>Date Established</dt> <dd>1966/01/01</dd> <dt>Date of Entry</dt> <dd>1999/01/01</dd> <dt>Revision Date</dt> <dd>2007/07/09</dd> </dl> </div> <div id="qualifiersTabContent" class="tab-pane"> <dl class="dl-horizontal"> <br> <span id="allowableQualifiers"><dt>Allowable Qualifiers</dt><dd> <ul class="list-unstyled"> <li class="q"> <a href="/record/ui?ui=Q000002"> abnormalities (AB) </a></li> <li class="q"> <a href="/record/ui?ui=Q000033"> anatomy & histology (AH) </a></li> <li class="q"> <a href="/record/ui?ui=Q000098"> blood supply (BS) </a></li> <li class="q"> <a href="/record/ui?ui=Q000737"> chemistry (CH) </a></li> <li class="q"> <a href="/record/ui?ui=Q000166"> cytology (CY) </a></li> <li class="q"> <a href="/record/ui?ui=Q000000981"> diagnostic imaging (DG) </a></li> <li class="q"> <a href="/record/ui?ui=Q000187"> drug effects (DE) </a></li> <li class="q"> <a href="/record/ui?ui=Q000196"> embryology (EM) </a></li> <li class="q"> <a href="/record/ui?ui=Q000201"> enzymology (EN) </a></li> <li class="q"> <a href="/record/ui?ui=Q000254"> growth & development (GD) </a></li> <li class="q"> <a href="/record/ui?ui=Q000276"> immunology (IM) </a></li> <li class="q"> <a href="/record/ui?ui=Q000293"> injuries (IN) </a></li> <li class="q"> <a href="/record/ui?ui=Q000294"> innervation (IR) </a></li> <li class="q"> <a href="/record/ui?ui=Q000378"> metabolism (ME) </a></li> <li class="q"> <a href="/record/ui?ui=Q000382"> microbiology (MI) </a></li> <li class="q"> <a href="/record/ui?ui=Q000469"> parasitology (PS) </a></li> <li class="q"> <a href="/record/ui?ui=Q000473"> pathology (PA) </a></li> <li class="q"> <a href="/record/ui?ui=Q000502"> physiology (PH) </a></li> <li class="q"> <a href="/record/ui?ui=Q000503"> physiopathology (PP) </a></li> <li class="q"> <a href="/record/ui?ui=Q000528"> radiation effects (RE) </a></li> <li class="q"> <a href="/record/ui?ui=Q000601"> surgery (SU) </a></li> <li class="q"> <a href="/record/ui?ui=Q000637"> transplantation (TR) </a></li> <li class="q"> <a href="/record/ui?ui=Q000648"> ultrastructure (UL) </a></li> <li class="q"> <a href="/record/ui?ui=Q000821"> virology (VI) </a></li> </ul></dd></span> </dl> </div><div id="treesTabContent" class="tab-pane"> <ul class="treeItem"> <li > <a id="tree_0_node_A09" href="/record/ui?ui=D012679" ><span>Sense Organs [A09]</span> </a> <ul class="treeItem"> <li > <a id="tree_0_node_A09_371" href="/record/ui?ui=D005123" ><span>Eye [A09.371]</span> </a> <ul class="treeItem"> <li > <a id="tree_0_node_A09_371_060" href="/record/ui?ui=D000869" ><span>Anterior Eye Segment [A09.371.060]</span> </a> <ul class="treeItem"> <li > <a id="tree_0_node_A09_371_060_067" href="/record/ui?ui=D000867" ><span>Anterior Chamber [A09.371.060.067]</span> </a> <i id="plus_Anterior_Chamber" onclick="openTree(this)" class="fa fa-plus-circle treeCollapseExpand fakeLink" > </i> <i id="minus_Anterior_Chamber" onclick="closeTree(this)" class="fa fa-minus-circle treeCollapseExpand fakeLink" style="display: none"> </i> </li> <li > <a id="tree_0_node_A09_371_060_160" href="/record/ui?ui=D002924" ><span>Ciliary Body [A09.371.060.160]</span> </a> </li> <li > <a id="tree_0_node_A09_371_060_200" href="/record/ui?ui=D003228" ><span>Conjunctiva [A09.371.060.200]</span> </a> <i id="plus_Conjunctiva" onclick="openTree(this)" class="fa fa-plus-circle treeCollapseExpand fakeLink" > </i> <i id="minus_Conjunctiva" onclick="closeTree(this)" class="fa fa-minus-circle treeCollapseExpand fakeLink" style="display: none"> </i> </li> <li > <a id="tree_0_node_A09_371_060_217" href="/record/ui?ui=D003315" ><span>Cornea [A09.371.060.217]</span> </a> <i id="plus_Cornea" onclick="openTree(this)" class="fa fa-plus-circle treeCollapseExpand fakeLink" > </i> <i id="minus_Cornea" onclick="closeTree(this)" class="fa fa-minus-circle treeCollapseExpand fakeLink" style="display: none"> </i> </li> <li > <a id="tree_0_node_A09_371_060_450" href="/record/ui?ui=D007498" ><span>Iris [A09.371.060.450]</span> </a> <i id="plus_Iris" onclick="openTree(this)" class="fa fa-plus-circle treeCollapseExpand fakeLink" > </i> <i id="minus_Iris" onclick="closeTree(this)" class="fa fa-minus-circle treeCollapseExpand fakeLink" style="display: none"> </i> </li> <li > <a id="tree_0_node_A09_371_060_500" href="/record/ui?ui=D007908" ><strong>Lens, Crystalline [A09.371.060.500]</strong> </a> <i id="plus_Lens_Crystalline" onclick="openTree(this)" class="fa fa-plus-circle treeCollapseExpand fakeLink" style="display: none"> </i> <i id="minus_Lens_Crystalline" onclick="closeTree(this)" class="fa fa-minus-circle treeCollapseExpand fakeLink" > </i> <ul class="treeItem"> <li > <a id="tree_0_node_A09_371_060_500_155" href="/record/ui?ui=D007903" ><span>Lens Capsule, Crystalline [A09.371.060.500.155]</span> </a> <i id="plus_Lens_Capsule_Crystalline" onclick="openTree(this)" class="fa fa-plus-circle treeCollapseExpand fakeLink" > </i> <i id="minus_Lens_Capsule_Crystalline" onclick="closeTree(this)" class="fa fa-minus-circle treeCollapseExpand fakeLink" style="display: none"> </i> </li> <li > <a id="tree_0_node_A09_371_060_500_225" href="/record/ui?ui=D007904" ><span>Lens Cortex, Crystalline [A09.371.060.500.225]</span> </a> </li> <li > <a id="tree_0_node_A09_371_060_500_670" href="/record/ui?ui=D007907" ><span>Lens Nucleus, Crystalline [A09.371.060.500.670]</span> </a> </li> </ul> </li> <li > <a id="tree_0_node_A09_371_060_750" href="/record/ui?ui=D014129" ><span>Trabecular Meshwork [A09.371.060.750]</span> </a> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> <div id="conceptsTabContent" class="tab-pane"> <button id="ExpandAll" class="btn btn-default btn-sm pull-right" onclick="toggleConcepts()"> <span id="expandConcepts" > Expand All</span> <span id="collapseConcepts" style="display: none">Collapse All</span> </button> <div> <span id="Nightwatch_cp_0_0" onclick="toggleCollapse('cp_0_0', 'Nightwatch_cp_0_0')"> <a class="fakeLink"><b> Lens, Crystalline <i>Preferred</i> </b></a></span> <div id="cp_0_0" class="collapse" style="display: none" aria-expanded="false"> <dl class="dl-horizontal"> <dt>Concept UI</dt><dd>M0012351</dd> <dt>Scope Note</dt><dd>A transparent, biconvex structure of the <a href="/record/ui?ui=D005123" class="textLink_EYE">EYE</a>, enclosed in a capsule and situated behind the <a href="/record/ui?ui=D007498" class="textLink_IRIS">IRIS</a> and in front of the vitreous humor (<a href="/record/ui?ui=D014822" class="textLink_VITREOUSBODY">VITREOUS BODY</a>). It is slightly overlapped at its margin by the ciliary processes. Adaptation by the <a href="/record/ui?ui=D002924" class="textLink_CILIARYBODY">CILIARY BODY</a> is crucial for <a href="/record/ui?ui=D000065" class="textLink_OCULARACCOMMODATION">OCULAR ACCOMMODATION</a>.</dd> <dt>Terms</dt> <dd> <span id="Nightwatch_termName_0_0" onclick="toggleCollapse('termName_0_0', 'Nightwatch_termName_0_0')"> <a class="fakeLink"><b>Lens, Crystalline</b></a></span> <i>Preferred Term</i> <div id="termName_0_0" class="collapse" style="display: none" aria-expanded="false"> <b class="conceptsTabTermHeading">Term UI</b> T023584<br> <b class="conceptsTabTermHeading">Date</b>01/01/1999<br> <b class="conceptsTabTermHeading">LexicalTag</b> NON<br> <b class="conceptsTabTermHeading">ThesaurusID</b> NLM (1966)<br> <br> </div> </dd> <dd> <span id="Nightwatch_termName_0_1" onclick="toggleCollapse('termName_0_1', 'Nightwatch_termName_0_1')"> <a class="fakeLink"><b>Eye Lens</b></a></span> <div id="termName_0_1" class="collapse" style="display: none" aria-expanded="false"> <b class="conceptsTabTermHeading">Term UI</b> T485581<br> <b class="conceptsTabTermHeading">Date</b>03/13/2002<br> <b class="conceptsTabTermHeading">LexicalTag</b> NON<br> <b class="conceptsTabTermHeading">ThesaurusID</b> NLM (2003)<br> <br> </div> </dd> <dd> <span id="Nightwatch_termName_0_2" onclick="toggleCollapse('termName_0_2', 'Nightwatch_termName_0_2')"> <a class="fakeLink"><b>Lens, Eye</b></a></span> <div id="termName_0_2" class="collapse" style="display: none" aria-expanded="false"> <b class="conceptsTabTermHeading">Term UI</b> T485582<br> <b class="conceptsTabTermHeading">Date</b>03/13/2002<br> <b class="conceptsTabTermHeading">LexicalTag</b> NON<br> <b class="conceptsTabTermHeading">ThesaurusID</b> NLM (2003)<br> <br> </div> </dd> <dd> <span id="Nightwatch_termName_0_3" onclick="toggleCollapse('termName_0_3', 'Nightwatch_termName_0_3')"> <a class="fakeLink"><b>Crystalline Lens</b></a></span> <div id="termName_0_3" class="collapse" style="display: none" aria-expanded="false"> <b class="conceptsTabTermHeading">Term UI</b> T613340<br> <b class="conceptsTabTermHeading">Date</b>10/14/2004<br> <b class="conceptsTabTermHeading">LexicalTag</b> NON<br> <b class="conceptsTabTermHeading">ThesaurusID</b> NLM (2006)<br> <br> </div> </dd> </dl></div> </div> </div></div> <small class="pull-right"> page delivered in 0.137s </small> </div> <footer class="footer"> <div class="container-fluid"><div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-3 col-sm-6"> <p><a href="https://www.nlm.nih.gov/socialmedia/index.html"> Connect with NLM </a></p> <ul class="list-inline"> <li> <a title="External link: please review our privacy policy." href="https://twitter.com/NLM_NIH"> <img src="https://www.nlm.nih.gov/images/Twitter_W.svg" alt="Twitter"> </a></li> <li> <a title="External link: please review our privacy policy." href="https://www.facebook.com/nationallibraryofmedicine" ><img src="https://www.nlm.nih.gov/images/Facebook_W.svg" alt="Facebook"> </a></li> <li> <a title="External link: please review our privacy policy." href="https://www.youtube.com/user/NLMNIH"> <img src="https://www.nlm.nih.gov/images/YouTube_W.svg" alt="You Tube"> </a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="col-md-3 col-sm-6"> <p>National Library of Medicine<br> <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/8600+Rockville+Pike,+Bethesda,+MD+20894/@38.9959508,-77.101021,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x89b7c95e25765ddb:0x19156f88b27635b8!8m2!3d38.9959508!4d-77.0988323"> 8600 Rockville Pike<br> Bethesda, MD 20894 </a> </p> </div> <div class="col-md-3 col-sm-6"> <p><a href="https://www.nlm.nih.gov/web_policies.html"> Web Policies </a><br> <a href="https://www.nih.gov/institutes-nih/nih-office-director/office-communications-public-liaison/freedom-information-act-office"> FOIA </a><br> <a href="https://www.hhs.gov/vulnerability-disclosure-policy/index.html"> HHS Vulnerability Disclosure </a></p> </div> <div class="col-md-3 col-sm-6"> <p><a href= "https://support.nlm.nih.gov?from=https://www.nlm.nih.gov/"> NLM Support Center </a><br> <a href="https://www.nlm.nih.gov/accessibility.html"> Accessibility </a><br> <a href="https://www.nlm.nih.gov/careers/careers.html"> Careers </a></p> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-12"> <p class="text-center"> <a href="https://www.nlm.nih.gov/">NLM</a> | <a href="https://www.nih.gov/">NIH</a> | <a href="https://www.hhs.gov/">HHS</a> | <a href="https://www.usa.gov/">USA.gov</a></p> </div> </div> </div></div> <!--BEGIN QUALTRICS WEBSITE FEEDBACK SNIPPET--> <script type='text/javascript'> (function(){var g=function(e,h,f,g){ this.get=function(a){for(var a=a+"=",c=document.cookie.split(";"),b=0,e=c.length;b<e;b++){for(var d=c[b];" "==d.charAt(0);)d=d.substring(1,d.length);if(0==d.indexOf(a))return d.substring(a.length,d.length)}return null}; 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