loading...| Preferred Name | fovea centralis retinae | |
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| Definitions |
area within the macula lutea where the retina thins out greatly because of the oblique shifting of all layers except the pigment epithelium layer; includes the sloping walls of the fovea (clivus) and contains a few rods in its periphery; in its center (foveola) are the cones most adapted to yield high visual acuity, each cone being connected to only one ganglion cell. |
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http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/CSP/1111-5317 |
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C0016622 |
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| definition |
area within the macula lutea where the retina thins out greatly because of the oblique shifting of all layers except the pigment epithelium layer; includes the sloping walls of the fovea (clivus) and contains a few rods in its periphery; in its center (foveola) are the cones most adapted to yield high visual acuity, each cone being connected to only one ganglion cell. |
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1111-5317 |
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1111-5317 |
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fovea centralis retinae |
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T023 |
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