zonule of Zinn

It should not be confused with the Zonule of Zinn, though it is named after the same person.

The lens is suspended to the ciliary body by the suspensory ligament (Zonule of Zinn), made up of fine transparent fibers.

The spherical shape is caused by an underdeveloped zonule of Zinn, which doesn't exert enough force on the lens to make it form the usual oval shape.

Kuhnt's spaces: Shallow diverticula or recesses between the ciliary body and the Zonule of Zinn which open into the eye's posterior chamber.

They are attached to the lens by connective tissue called the zonule of Zinn, and are responsible for shaping the lens to focus light on the retina.

Aqueous humor normally does not go into the posterior segment of the eye; it is kept out of this area by the lens and the Zonule of Zinn.

The zonule of Zinn is split into two layers: a thin layer, which lines the hyaloid fossa, and a thicker layer, which is a collection of zonular fibers.

The zonule of Zinn (Zinn's membrane, ciliary zonule) (after Johann Gottfried Zinn) is a ring of fibrous strands connecting the ciliary body with the crystalline lens of the eye.