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Sense Organs > Eye > Retina > Macula Lutea
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Macula Lutea  

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Note

  • a depression on the retina; macular dis: coord IM with RETINAL DISEASES (IM)

Scope note

  • An oval area in the retina, 3 to 5 mm in diameter, usually located temporal to the posterior pole of the eye and slightly below the level of the optic disk. It is characterized by the presence of a yellow pigment diffusely permeating the inner layers, contains the fovea centralis in its center, and provides the best phototropic visual acuity. It is devoid of retinal blood vessels, except in its periphery, and receives nourishment from the choriocapillaris of the choroid. (From Cline et al., Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed)

In other languages

  • keltatäplä

    Finnish

  • keltainen täplä
  • macula lutea
  • macula lutea retinae
  • macula retinae
  • makula
  • punctum luteum
  • verkkokalvon makula
  • Gula fläcken

    Swedish

  • Macula lutea

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008266

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