Age changes in rhesus monkey ciliary muscle: light and electron microscopy

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-268718
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.26871

Lütjen-Drecoll, E. ; Tamm, Ernst R. ; Kaufman, P. L.

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Abstract

The ciliary muscle from 44 rhesus monkeys ranging in age from 137-day fetuses and a 3-week neonate to 35-year-old adults was studied by light and electron microscopy. In the fetuses and the neonate, the muscle cells appeared immature, and the muscle consisted mainly of longitudinally oriented fibers. By age 1 year, the muscle fibers were aggregated into bundles, and within each bundle the ...