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lens

transparent structure in the eye
Class type of: organ component, lens, particular anatomical entity Q146701

Facts

9 properties
Instance of
class of anatomical entity
Subclass of
organ component, lens, particular anatomical entity[2][3][4]
Part of
eye[5]
Connects with
zonule of Zinn, vitreous humour[10][11]
Described by source
Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)[7]
Has characteristic
transparency[8]
Has part(s)
capsule of lens[6]
NCI Thesaurus ID
C12743[9]
P14541
23374W[12]
🏷️ Also known as
en lens en eye lens en anatomical lens en aquula en crystalline lens en ocular lens en lens of the eye en lens of eye en lens (anatomy) ar البلورية ar العدسة ar عدسة ar عدسة العين ar عدسة عينية cs lens cs čočka da Linse de Phakie de Augenlinse el Φακός (ανατομία)
🔖 Identifiers · 37
Library of Congress authority ID
sh85034493
GND ID
4003601-7
OpenAlex ID
C2909221355, C2993163795
BBC Things ID
724c1360-198d-48b4-9dad-ef47aa95f1c6
BNCF Thesaurus ID
36678
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
119648755
Cultureel Woordenboek ID
levenswetenschappen-en-geneeskunde/ooglens
Dewey Decimal Classification
611.8 (573.9–612.8, n=3)
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID
26465
FAST ID
884638
Foundational Model of Anatomy ID
58241
Freebase ID
/m/01sg62
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Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
4671620
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
khrustalik-88d51b
ICD-11 ID (Foundation)
142316469
ICD-11 ID (MMS)
XA13U9
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
eye-lens
KBpedia ID
Lens-EyePart
MeSH descriptor ID
D007908
MeSH tree code
A09.371.060.500
Museum-digital tag ID
142348
NDL Authority ID
00571638
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007536083305171
National Library of Latvia ID
000175806
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX534868
Quora topic ID
Eye-Lens
TA2 ID
6798
TA98 Latin term
lens
Terminologia Anatomica 98 ID
A15.2.05.001
Treccani ID
cristallino
UBERON ID
0000965
UMLS CUI
C0023317
WikiSkripta article ID
44319
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
05327912-n
Xenopus Anatomical Ontology ID
XAO_0000008
YSO ID
26725
Yale LUX ID
concept/3e92525a-e6a5-41df-96e0-865b20f4e44f

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🔗 Connections
← Expressed in 4
BFSP2, CRYBB3, LIM2, CRYGS
Connects with 2
vitreous humour, zonule of Zinn
← Connects with 2
vitreous humour, zonule of Zinn
Belongs to 1
human eye
Has characteristic 1
transparency
Has part(s) 1
capsule of lens
Has these parts 1
capsule of lens
Part of 1
eye
Subclass of 1
lens
← Replaces 1
intraocular lens
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Summary

lens is a class of anatomical entity[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . bartleby.com. Retrieved . bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 23374W
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  2. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → class of anatomical entity
    Aliases → —
    Has parts → —
    Described by source → Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|9 */ YSO ID: 26725, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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