Human cornea, light micrograph

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Light micrograph of the eye's cornea showing, from top to bottom; the non-keratinised stratified squamous corneal epithelium, a thin acellular Bowman's layer, the corneal stroma with collagen fibres and interspersed keratocytes, a thick Descemet's membrane and a very thin endothelium.

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Photo credit: © JOSE CALVO / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: -, -keratinised, biological, biology, body, bowman, cornea, descemet, epithelium, eye, eyeball, histological, histology, human, keratocyte, layer, light, lm, membrane, micrograph, microscopy, ocular, ophthalmic, ophthalmology, sclera, squamous, stratified