Ultrastructure Organization of Collagen Fibrils and Proteoglycans of Stingray and Shark Corneal Stroma

Figure 1

Light and electron micrograph of stingray cornea; (a) middle part of the stroma showing suture running obliquely to the parallel running lamellae; (b) part of the BW and anterior stroma showing BW fibrils blending into the most anterior stromal lamellae, thin lamellae, orthogonal CFs, and orthogonal suture CFs. BW: Bowman’s layer, KR: keratocyte, L: lamellae, S: stroma, SU: suture, OCF: orthogonal running CFs, and SUC: orthogonal suture CFs.

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