Retina
Categorical breakdown of terms falling inder the category of Retina. Sub categories will become more specific in nature to the terms listed for Retina.
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Terms
Amacrine Cells - INTERNEURONS of the vertebrate RETINA. They integrate, modulate, and interpose a temporal domain in ...
Blood-Retinal Barrier - A specialized transport barrier, in the EYE, formed by the retinal pigment EPITHELIUM, and the ENDOT...
Fovea Centralis - An area approximately 1.5 millimeters in diameter within the macula lutea where the retina thins out...
Fundus Oculi - The concave interior of the eye, consisting of the retina, the choroid, the sclera, the optic disk, ...
Macula Lutea - An oval area in the retina, 3 to 5 mm in diameter, usually located temporal to the posterior pole of...
Optic Disk - The portion of the optic nerve seen in the fundus with the ophthalmoscope. It is formed by the meeti...
Photoreceptor Cells - Specialized cells that detect and transduce light. They are classified into two types based on their...
Photoreceptor Cells, Invertebrate - Specialized cells in the invertebrates that detect and transduce light. They are predominantly rhabd...
Photoreceptor Cells, Vertebrate - Specialized PHOTOTRANSDUCTION neurons in the vertebrates, such as the RETINAL ROD CELLS and the RETI...
Photoreceptor Connecting Cilium - The bridge between the inner and the outer segments of a retinal rod or a cone photoreceptor cell. T...
Retina - The ten-layered nervous tissue membrane of the eye. It is continuous with the OPTIC NERVE and receiv...
Retinal Bipolar Cells - INTERNEURONS of the vertebrate RETINA containing two processes. They receive inputs from the RETINAL...
Retinal Cone Photoreceptor Cells - Photosensitive afferent neurons located primarily within the FOVEA CENTRALIS of the MACULA LUTEA. Th...
Retinal Ganglion Cells - Neurons of the innermost layer of the retina, the internal plexiform layer. They are of variable siz...
Retinal Horizontal Cells - NEURONS in the inner nuclear layer of the RETINA that synapse with both the RETINAL PHOTORECEPTOR CE...
Retinal Neurons - Nerve cells of the RETINA in the pathway of transmitting light signals to the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM...
Retinal Photoreceptor Cell Inner Segment - The inner portion of a retinal rod or a cone photoreceptor cell, situated between the PHOTORECEPTOR ...
Retinal Photoreceptor Cell Outer Segment - The light sensitive outer portion of a retinal rod or a cone photoreceptor cell. The outer segment c...
Retinal Pigment Epithelium - The single layer of pigment-containing epithelial cells in the RETINA, situated closely to the tips ...
Retinal Rod Photoreceptor Cells - Photosensitive afferent neurons located in the peripheral retina, with density increases radially aw...
Rod Cell Outer Segment - The portion of a retinal rod cell situated between the ROD INNER SEGMENT and the RETINAL PIGMENT EPI...
Rod Cell Outer Segment - The portion of a retinal rod cell situated between the ROD INNER SEGMENT and the RETINAL PIGMENT EPI...
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