Table 5. Comparison of the range in fiber anterior and posterior segment lengths

Anterior and posterior segment length is defined as the length of a fiber from the equator to either an anterior or posterior suture. As such these lengths include either the anterior or posterior portion of a fiber's middle segment (see Table 4). The figures presented in this table are calculations of fiber lengths from a representative growth shell in an adult lens, as described in Table 2.

           Anterior segment    Posterior segment
             length (mm)          length (mm)
          ------------------   ------------------
Species   Shortest   Longest   Shortest   Longest
-------   --------   -------   --------   -------
Mouse       0.92       1.93      1.14       1.96
Bovine      6.12      13.01      8.16      13.32
Frog        1.30       2.75      1.65       2.76
Rabbit      4.19       9.09      5.54       9.04