inner limiting layer of retina
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Inner limiting membrane — [[Image: |250px|]] Section of retina. (Membrana limitans interna labeled at right, at top … Wikipedia
Retina — The retina is the nerve layer that lines the back of the eye, senses light, and creates impulses that travel through the optic nerve to the brain. There is a small area, called the macula, in the retina that contains special light sensitive cells … Medical dictionary
Retina — For the Retina display in the iPhone 4, see iPhone 4#Display. Retina Right human eye cross sectional view. Courtesy NIH National Eye Institute. Many animals hav … Wikipedia
layer — A sheet of one substance lying on another and distinguished from it by a difference in texture or color or by not being continuous with it. SEE ALSO: stratum, lamina. SYN: panniculus. ameloblastic l. the internal l. of the enamel organ. SYN: enam … Medical dictionary
External limiting membrane — Latin membrana limitans externa Gray s subject #225 1017 The external limiting membrane (or outer limiting membrane) is one of the ten distinct layers of the retina of the eye. It has a network like structure and i … Wikipedia
Outer plexiform layer — Section of retina. (Outer plexiform layer labeled at right, sixth from the top.) … Wikipedia
Outer nuclear layer — Section of retina. (Outer nuclear layer labeled at right, fourth from the bottom.) … Wikipedia
Nerve fiber layer — Section of retina. (Stratum opticum labeled at right, second from the top.) … Wikipedia
internal limiting membrane — 1. the basal lamina of the MÑŒller fibers in the retina; it is the layer of the stratum nervosum retinae located just internal to the nerve fiber layer and separates the inner, conical ends of the cells from the vitreous body. Called also inner… … Medical dictionary
stratum — One of the layers of differentiated tissue, the aggregate of which forms any given structure, such as the retina or the skin. SEE ALSO: lamina, layer. [L. sterno, pp. stratus, to spread out, strew, ntr. of pp. as noun, s., a bed cover, layer] s.… … Medical dictionary
