Corneal transparency is maintained by:: (A) Bowman's membrane, (B) Endothelium, (C) Keratocytes, (D) Descemet's membrane
Answer is B. The primary mechanism controlling stromal hydration is a function of the corneal endothelium which actively pumps out theelectrolytes and water flows out passively. Endothelium consists of a single layer of flat polygonal (mainly hexagonal) epithelial cells (misnamed as endothelium) which on slit-lamp biomicroscopy appear as a mosaic.