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n. - Small beltlike zone.

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  • The portion in front of the ora serrata is thickened by the accession of radial fibers and is termed the zonula ciliaris (zonule of Zinn).
  • Te suis tremulus parens inuocat, tibi uirgines zonula soluunt sinus.
  • Immunofluorescence studies revealed that hypoxia resulted in disrupted continuity of occludin and zonula occludens-1 (Zo-1) staining with significant gap formation.
  • In this model, the distribution of the tight junctional protein zonula occludens protein 1 (ZO-1) was determined since no data exists on its expression during gestation.
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