loading...| Preferred Name |
fovea centralis |
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| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001786 |
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| depiction |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/Schematic_diagram_of_the_human_eye_en.svg |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_27547 |
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fovea centralis |
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| prefixIRI |
UBERON:0001786 |
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fovea centralis |
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| UBPROP_0000007 |
foveal |
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| UBPROP_0000008 |
The fovea is also a pit in the surface of the retinas of many types of fish, reptiles, and birds. Among mammals, it is found only in simian primates. The retinal fovea takes slightly different forms in different types of animals. For example, in primates, cone photoreceptors line the base of the foveal pit, the cells that elsewhere in the retina form more superficial layers having been displaced away from the foveal region during late fetal and early postnatal life. Other foveae may show only a reduced thickness in the inner cell layers, rather than an almost complete absence |
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| UBPROP_0000009 |
high acuity vision |
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