- inner limiting membrane
- internal limiting m.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
inner limiting membrane
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Inner limiting membrane — [[Image: |250px|]] Section of retina. (Membrana limitans interna labeled at right, at top … Wikipedia
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
inner limiting layer of retina — internal limiting membrane … Medical dictionary
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
Descemet's membrane — Vertical section of human cornea from near the margin. (Waldeyer.) Magnified. 1. Epithelium. 2. Anterior elastic lamina. 3. substantia propria. 4. Posterior elastic lamina. (Descemet s membrane) 5. Endothelium of the anterior chamber. a … Wikipedia
bruch's membrane — ˈbru̇]ks , ü], ]ḵs noun Usage: usually capitalized B Etymology: after Carl W. L. Bruch died 1884 German anatomist : the inner limiting membrane of the retina separating the pigmented layer of the retina from the choroid coat of the eye … Useful english dictionary
membrane — 1. A thin sheet or layer of pliable tissue, serving as a covering or envelope of a part, as the lining of a cavity, as a partition or septum, or to connect two structures. SYN: membrana [TA]. 2. SYN: biomembrane. [L. membrana, a skin or m … Medical dictionary
membrane — membraneless, adj. /mem brayn/, n. 1. Anat. a thin, pliable sheet or layer of animal or vegetable tissue, serving to line an organ, connect parts, etc. 2. Cell Biol. the thin, limiting covering of a cell or cell part. [1375 1425; late ME; ME… … Universalium
unit membrane — n the limiting membrane of cells and various organelles viewed formerly as a 3 layered structure with an inner lipid layer and two outer protein layers and currently as a fluid phospholipid bilayer with intercalated proteins * * * the trilaminar… … Medical dictionary
unit membrane — noun Date: 1959 the limiting membrane of cells and various organelles viewed formerly as a 3 layered structure with an inner lipid layer and two outer protein layers and currently as a fluid phospholipid bilayer with intercalating proteins … New Collegiate Dictionary
