Fig. 7: Possible response of the cornea to fluctuations of IOP.
From: Structural control of corneal transparency, refractive power and dynamics
A, B Model showing how the cornea is displaced forward when the IOP is increased. The shape of the cornea remains the same and the displacement occurs in the limbal region where the annular meshwork of collagen lamellae opens. This displacement would necessitate stretching of any interconnecting lamellae. C We propose that this stretching is facilitated by the uncrimping of the crimped collagen in the limbus (image reproduced with permission from [27]). An animated version of this model is shown in Supplementary video 5.
