Which of the following factor is not responsible for lens transparency: (A) Avascularity, (B) Antioxidants, (C) Aquaporins, (D) Hydration
Answer is D. Dehydration and not hydration is responsible for lens transparency Factors Responsible For Lens Transparency - Avascularity - Tightly packed nature of lens fibres produced by mitosis of pre-equatorial epithelial cells] - Loss of Organalles - Dehydration - Aquaporins MIP26 - Antioxidant Vit C, E, superoxide dismutase, glutathione, SOD & Catalase. NOTE - Youngest lens fibers are present in coex (peripheral pa) oldest fibers are present in nucleus (central pa)