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The ultra-microstructure of the human corneal endothelium was examined by scanning and transmission electron microscopy. The samples were corneas of 26 human eyes taken from fetuses of 5-22 weeks gestation and a newborn 10 months after birth. Corneal endothelium appeared at the seventh or eighth week after gestation. Initially, they formed an irregular structure of two to three layers. From the 17th week of gestation they formed a single layer, and assumed the form of a cuboidal epithelium. Scanning and transmission electron microscopy showed numerous microvilli protruding towards the anterior chamber. Within the microvilli uniform microtubules were observed. By the 20th week, these microvilli disappeared, and subsequently, a single long narrow cilium appeared in the center of each cell. Each cilium had an axial filament complex structure. This cilium involuted as development progressed, and was barely visible by the 10th month after birth. The significance of this cilium is not clear.
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