Fig. 40. Widening of the anterior zonular insertion and relative inward displacement accompany growth of the lens equator with age. The central zonule-free capsule also becomes narrower. Perilenticular space is minimally widened by lens shrinkage in older eyes (Gomori's hematoxylin). (Stark WJ, Streeten BW: The anterior capsulotomy of extracapsular cataract extraction. Ophthalmic Surg 15:911–917, 1984)