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The refracting power of the human eye is contributed by the cornea and the lens. The cornea has greater refractive power which is static, but the lens is a unique biological structure that relies on an extraordinarily intricate arrangement of highly specialized cells to produce a gradient of refractive index that allows for remarkable dynamic focusing of an image with minimal spherical or chromatic aberration [1].
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Kasturi, N., Matalia, J. (2017). Anatomy of the Human Crystalline Lens. In: Chakrabarti, A. (eds) Posterior Capsular Rent. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-3586-6_2
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