[Ultrastructure of the hyaloid canal and its retraction during gestation (author's transl)]. 1982

E van der Zypen, and F Fankhauser

1. The cells of the hyaloid canal originate from the primitive meningeal cells; 2. The lumen of the hyaloid canal can be observed through the optic nerve up to the subarachnoid space around the optic nerve; 3. Injections of tracer substances into the subarachnoid space of the optic nerve have shown that a communication between the subarachnoidal space and the lumen of the hyaloid canal is formed up to the capsula of the lens during the first 14 weeks of gestation. It may be assumed that in vivo cerebrospinal fluid reaches the lens because of the hyperplastic differentiation of the choroid plexus in the sixth week of gestation; 4. The distal two-thirds of the hyaloid canal retract between the 17th and 22nd week of gestation; 5. From the beginning of the 22nd week of gestation there exists an open communication between the subarachnoid space and the corpus vitreum.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007908 Lens, Crystalline A transparent, biconvex structure of the EYE, enclosed in a capsule and situated behind the IRIS and in front of the vitreous humor (VITREOUS BODY). It is slightly overlapped at its margin by the ciliary processes. Adaptation by the CILIARY BODY is crucial for OCULAR ACCOMMODATION. Eye Lens,Lens, Eye,Crystalline Lens
D009898 Optic Disk The portion of the optic nerve seen in the fundus with the ophthalmoscope. It is formed by the meeting of all the retinal ganglion cell axons as they enter the optic nerve. Blind Spot,Optic Disc,Optic Nerve Head,Optic Papilla,Blind Spots,Disc, Optic,Disk, Optic,Head, Optic Nerve,Nerve Head, Optic,Optic Discs,Optic Disks,Optic Nerve Heads,Optic Papillas,Papilla, Optic,Papillas, Optic,Spot, Blind
D005123 Eye The organ of sight constituting a pair of globular organs made up of a three-layered roughly spherical structure specialized for receiving and responding to light. Eyes
D005333 Fetus The unborn young of a viviparous mammal, in the postembryonic period, after the major structures have been outlined. In humans, the unborn young from the end of the eighth week after CONCEPTION until BIRTH, as distinguished from the earlier EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN. Fetal Structures,Fetal Tissue,Fetuses,Mummified Fetus,Retained Fetus,Fetal Structure,Fetal Tissues,Fetus, Mummified,Fetus, Retained,Structure, Fetal,Structures, Fetal,Tissue, Fetal,Tissues, Fetal
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013346 Subarachnoid Space The space between the arachnoid membrane and PIA MATER, filled with CEREBROSPINAL FLUID. It contains large blood vessels that supply the BRAIN and SPINAL CORD. Space, Subarachnoid,Spaces, Subarachnoid,Subarachnoid Spaces

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