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mar 2010 Magnification: 150:1 The fully transparent human eye lens helps to focus light on the retina. It consists of a myriad of tightly packed flat cells.
The eye lens developement begins at the 4mm embryonic stage. However, transparency has its cost: lens cells lack light-scattering organelles such as the nucleus or mitochondria to maintain transparency.
mar 2010 Magnification: 150:1 The fully transparent human eye lens helps to focus light on the retina. It consists of a myriad of tightly packed flat cells.
The eye lens developement begins at the 4mm embryonic stage. However, transparency has its cost: lens cells lack light-scattering organelles such as the nucleus or mitochondria to maintain transparency.
