External limiting membrane
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| External limiting membrane | |
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| Section of retina. (Membrana limitans externa labeled at right, third from the bottom.) | |
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| Plan of retinal neurons. (Membrana limitans externa labeled at left, second from the bottom.) | |
| Latin | membrana limitans externa |
| Gray's | subject #225 1017 |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | m_08/12522817 |
In the outer nuclear layer they form a network around the rod- and cone-fibrils, and unite to form the external limiting membrane (or outer limiting membrane) at the bases of the rods and cones.
[edit] Additional images
 Rods and cones |
[edit] External links
- Histology at BU 07902loa
- http://www.med.uiuc.edu/histo/small/atlas/objects/126.htm
- Slide at uc.edu
- http://www.kumc.edu/instruction/medicine/anatomy/histoweb/eye_ear/eye12.htm
- http://education.vetmed.vt.edu/Curriculum/VM8054/EYE/RETINA.HTM
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