Table 1 of Almubrad, Mol Vis 2011; 17:2283-2291.


Table 1. Measurement of the corneal layers of tree shrew and human cornea fixed in cuprolinic blue in 2.5% glutarldehyde and embedded in spur resin.

Corneal layers Tree shrew center
CuB staining embedded
in Spurs resin (µm)
Human center
CuB staining and embedded
in Spurs resin (µm)
Cornea 320.96±2.95 629±7.21
Epithelium 50±1.62 50±1.58
Bowman’s layer 5.53±1.0 13±0.58
Stroma 258±7.00 554±10.39
Descemet’s membrane 3.24±0.02 11±1
Bowman's layer % of cornea 1.7% 2.06
Strom % of the cornea 80% 88%
Epithelium percentage 15.6% 8%
Bowman’s layer (BW) % of the stroma 2.13% of stroma 2.34% of stroma