part of part of adjacent to adjacent to lens cortex epithelium lens of camera-type eye epithelium of lens capsule of lens lens anterior epithelium A layer of cuboidal epithelial cells bounded anteriorly by the capsule of the lens and posteriorly by the lens cortex. Cells of the subcapsular epithelium (or anterior lens cells) are mitotically active. In adult individuals they only cover the anterior 'hemisphere' of the lens. As they divide, cells gradually move towards the equator of the lens where they tranform into lens fibres. The apical part of the gradually elongating cell extends between the subcapsular epithelium and adjacent lens fibres towards the anterior pole of the lens. The basal part extends towards the posterior pole. The nucleus remains close to the equatorial plane of the lens - http://www.lab.anhb.uwa.edu.au/mb140/corepages/eye/eye.htm UBERON:0005614 lens subcapsular epithelium uberon EHDAA2:0000984 VHOG:0001425 EHDAA:9059 EMAPA:17304 EMAPA:17839 FMA:70612 subcapsular lens epithelium MA:0001302 anterior epithelium of lens vesicle UMLS:C1182652 NCIT:C33641 RETIRED_EHDAA2:0000976 SCTID:362521008 lens epithelium anterior surface of lens ecto-epithelium