Specular microscopic observations of the corneal endothelium in the normal rabbit

Endothelial specular microscopy and pachometry were performed on both eyes of 14 young adult New Zealand white rabbits with clinically normal eyes. Endothelial cells of the central corneas formed a mosaic-like pattern of homogenous hexagonal cells with a mean diameter of 20.6 +/- 1.0 micron sd. The mean number of cells per mm was 2998 +/- 326 sd and the mean corneal thickness was 0.38 +/- 0.02 mm sd.