#retina the light-sensitive membrane covering the back wall of the eyeball; it is continuous with the optic nerve
supertype: tissue_layer__membrane a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects organs or cells of animals
part of: eye
part: neuroepithelium epithelium associated with special sense organs and containing sensory nerve endings
part: fovea_centralis__foveacentrali__fovea area consisting of a small depression in the retina containing cones and where vision is most acute
part: parafovea area of the retina immediately surrounding the fovea
part: macula_lutea__macula__macular_area__maculararea__yellow_spot a yellowish central area of the retina that is rich in cones
part: visual_cell one of the cells of the retina that is sensitive to light
part: blind_spot__blindspot__optic_disc__opticdisc__optic_disk__opticdisk the point where the optic nerve enters the retina; not sensitive to light
part: retinal_cone__retinalcone__cone__cone_cell visual receptor cell sensitive to color
part: iodopsin a violet photopigment in the retinal cones of the eyes of most vertebrates; plays a role in daylight vision
part: retinal_rod__retinalrod__rod__rodcell visual receptor cell sensitive to dim light
part: visual_purple__rhodopsin__retinal_purple__retinalpurple a red photopigment in the retinal rods of vertebrates; dissociates into retinene by light
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