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Retina

The retina (from Latin rete 'net'; pl. retinae or retinas) is the innermost, light-sensitive layer of tissue of the eye. The optics of the eye create a focused two-dimensional image of the visual world on the retina, which then processes that image within the retina and sends nerve impulses along the optic nerve to the visual cortex to create visual…

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Artery
Central retinal artery
FMA
58301
Latin
rēte, tunica interna bulbi
MeSH
D012160
Part of
Eye
System
Visual system

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Retina

Nodes215
Edges214
Triples202
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.009302
Components1

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related to Further reading · 36
Retina → Bibcode, BMC Genomics, Boycott BB, Brian, Cajal, Defining, Dowling, Foundations, Functional, Goetz, Histologie, Homme, ISBN, John, Kaschkoetoe, Maloine, Mass, Paris, Physiol, PMC
related to External links · 33
Retina → Anatomical, Boston UniversityMedlinePlus Encyclopedia, Brain, Cell Centered DatabaseHistology, David HubelKolb, Dept, Ed, Evolution, Eye, Fernandez, Function, Histology, Histology Learning System, John Moran Eye Center, July, MedicineEye, MedicineJeremy Nathans's Seminars, Missouri School, Nelson, NeuroScience
related to Development · 23
Retina → Additional, Although, D-V, Differentiation, Drosophila, FOXD1, FOXG1, In, LHX2, Muller, N-T, PAX6, Retinal, RGC, RPC, RPCs, SHH, SIX3, The, The D-V
related to Clinical significance · 17
Retina → Both, Cone-rod, CORD, Detachment, Ignipuncture, In, Lipaemia, Macular, Night, Retinal, Retinal Detachment, Retinitis, Retinoblastoma, Some, The, There, This
related to history · 11
Retina → Around, BCE, Between, CE, He, Herophilos, However, Ibn Al-Haytham, Instead, The, This
related to Retinal layers · 10
Retina → From, Ganglion, Henle, In, Inner, Müller, Outer, Retinal, The, This
related to Diagnosis · 9
Retina → Alzheimer's, It, OCT, Ophthalmoscopy, Recently, Retinal, Scotland, The, This
related to Inverted versus non-inverted retina · 7
Retina → Although, Because, In, No, Some, The, This
related to Spatial encoding · 7
Retina → Compression, Off-centres, On-centres, Positive, There, This, When
related to Biometric identification and diagnosis of disease · 6
Retina → Changes, Determining, DRIVE, In, Results, The

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retinal cells light ganglion eye cones vision rods nerve optic photoreceptors brain cell one layer image neural layers function visual

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RetinaArteryCentral retinal artery1.00infobox
RetinaFMA583011.00infobox
RetinaLatinrēte, tunica interna bulbi1.00infobox
RetinaMeSHD0121601.00infobox
RetinaPart ofEye1.00infobox
RetinaPronunciation.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-…1.00infobox
RetinaSystemVisual system1.00infobox
RetinaTA267761.00infobox
RetinaTA98A15.2.04.0021.00infobox
Retinais apart of the body with the greatest continuous energy demand0.90text
Retinais afirst step to separating out the various objects within the scene.As an example0.90text
readinginstance ofas well as high-acuity vision used for tasks0.80text

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