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Fig. 268. Diagram of the arrangement of the lens-fibres

One sees the opposite positions of the anterior (vsl) and the posterior (/<*<) stars of the lens. if, Course of the lens-fibres on the anterior surface of the lens and their termination at the anterior star of the lens ; If", continuation of the same fibres Co the posterior star on the posterior surface.

Historic Textbook Text-Book of the Embryology of Man and Mammals by Dr Oscar Hertwig (1892)

Text-Book of the Embryology of Man and Mammals: Description of the Sexual Products | The Phenomena of the Maturation of the Egg and the Process of Fertilisation | The Process of Cleavage | General Discussion of the Principles of Development | The Development of the Two Primary Germ-Layers | The Development of the Two Middle Germ-Layers | History of the Germ-Layer Theory | Development of the Primitive Segments | Development of Connective Substance and Blood | Establishment of the External Form of the Body | The Foetal Membranes of Reptiles and Birds | The Foetal Membranes of Mammals | The Foetal Membranes of Man | The Organs of the Inner Germ-Layer - The Alimentary Tube with its Appended Organs | The Organs of the Outer Germ-Layer | The Development of the Nervous System | The Development of the Sensory Organs | The Development of the Skin and its Accessory Organs | The Organs of the Intermediate Layer or Mesenchyme | The Development of the Blood-vessel System | The Development of the Skeleton

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