The corneal surface of aquatic vertebrates: Microstructures with optical and nutritional function?

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 355, Issue 1401, 2000, Pages 1171-1176

  Collin, H B ^a   Collin, S P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cornea; Corneal surface; Epithelium; Microprojections; Microvilli

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOPAGRUS BUTCHERI; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; AVES; CEPHALASPIDOMORPHI; CHONDRICHTHYES; GEOTRIA AUSTRALIS; HYPEROGLYPHE POROSA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; MICROSTOMIUS PACIFICUS; MORDACIA MORDAX; OSTEICHTHYES; PETROMYZONTIDAE; PHASCOLARCTOS CINEREUS; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034730350     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2000.0661     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (12)

1. Ultrastructure of the human cornea
2. The distribution of Lepidogalaxias salamandroides and other small freshwater fishes in the lower southwest of Western Australia
3. The structure of the cornea of the salamanderfish, Lepidogalaxias salamandroides (Lepidogalaxiidae, Teleostei)
4. The head and eye of the sandlance, Limnichthyes fasciatus - A field emission scanning electron microscopy study
5. A comparative study of the vertebrate corneal epithelium
6. Topographical differences in cell area at the surface of the corneal epithelium in the pigmented rabbit
7. Underwater refraction - Polarization patterns of skylight perceived by aquatic animals through Snell's window of the flat water surface
8. The normal surface of the corneal epithelium: A scanning electron microscopic study
9. Optical characteristics of the eye of the flounder
10. Cytoskeleton in microridges of the oral mucosal epithelium in the carp, Cyprinus carpio
11. Structure, development and evolutionary aspects of the peripheral olfactory system