corneal corpuscle


corneal corpuscle

A type of connective tissue cell found in the fibrous tissue of the cornea.See also: corpuscle

corneal corpuscle 

Main cellular element of the corneal stroma. It is a flattened, dendritic cell located between the lamellae with a large flattened nucleus and lengthy processes which may communicate with neighbouring cells. These cells have fibroplastic and phagocytic functions. Syn. corneal fibrocyte; fixed cell; keratocyte.