Fig. 16. Schematic drawing of a meridional section of the neurosensory retina and retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). ILM, inner limiting membrane; NFL, nerve fiber layer; G, ganglion cell; IPL, inner plexiform layer; A, amacrine cell; INL, inner nuclear layer; B, bipolar cell; M, Müller cell; H, horizontal cell; OPL, outer plexiform layer; ONL, outer nuclear layer; C, cone; R, rod; ELM, external limiting membrane; Br M, Bruch's membrane. (Modified from Dowling JE: Organization of vertebrate retinas. Invest Ophthalmol 9:655, 1970.) |