internal limiting membrane

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 or internal limiting layer and, in official terminology, stratum limitans internum retinae [TA]. See illustration at retina. 2. a membrane lining the internal surface of the embryonic neural tube.

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