Lens capsule

Capsula lentis

Sensory (eye & ear)OrgansHeadLeft and right

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What it is
The thin, elastic, transparent basement membrane that wraps the whole lens; the zonular fibres attach to it around the equator.
Function
Shapes the lens during accommodation and anchors it to the zonules.
Size
4-23 micrometres thick, thickest near the equator in front.
Clinical note
In cataract surgery the front of the capsule is opened (capsulorhexis) and the empty bag holds the artificial lens implant.

Nearby sensory (eye & ear) structures Anterior chamber (aqueous humour), Ciliary body, Cornea, Corneoscleral limbus, Crystalline lens (cortex), Iris, Lens nucleus, Pupil, Schlemm's canal, Zonular fibres (suspensory ligament of the lens)