Ganglion cell layer

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Ganglion cell layer
Section of retina. (Ganglionic layer labeled at right, third from the top.)
Plan of retinal neurons. (Ganglionic layer labeled at left, third from the top.)
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The ganglion cell layer (ganglionic layer) consists of a single layer of large ganglion cells, except in the macula lutea, where there are several strata.

The cells are somewhat flask-shaped; the rounded internal surface of each resting on the stratum opticum, and sending off an axon which is prolonged into it.

From the opposite end numerous dendrites extend into the inner plexiform layer, where they branch and form flattened arborizations at different levels.

The ganglion cells vary much in size, and the dendrites of the smaller ones as a rule arborize in the inner plexiform layer as soon as they enter it; while those of the larger cells ramify close to the inner nuclear layer.

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v • d • e Sensory system – Visual system – Eye – Retina cells Photoreceptor cells (Cone cell, Rod cell) → (Horizontal cell) → Bipolar cell → (Amacrine cell) → Ganglion cell (Giant retinal ganglion cells, Photosensitive ganglion cell) Muller glia layers Inner limiting membrane – Nerve fiber layer – Ganglion cell layer – Inner plexiform layer – Inner nuclear layer Outer plexiform layer – Outer nuclear layer External limiting membrane – Layer of rods and cones – Retinal pigment epithelium