Layers of the Retina

Section through the macula lutea and fovea centralis of the human retina. Labels: a, fovea; b, descent of the macula towards fovea. The numbers indicate the layers of the retina: 1, membrana limitans interna; 2, optic nerve fibers; 3, layer of ganglionic corpuscles; 4, inner molecular layer; 5, inner nuclear layer; 6, intergranular, internuclear, or outer molecular layer. 7, external nuclear layer; 8, membrana limitans externa; 9, layer of rods and cones; 10, pigment-cell layer.

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