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macula retinae, macula lutea, macula, area centralis or punctum luteum
An oval area of the sensory retina, 3 X 5 mm, temporal to the optic disk corresponding to the posterior pole of the eye.
At its center is the fovea centralis, which contains only retinal cones.
Cone density in the macula is 150,000/mm3 (fovea centralis or macula in general?) [2].
Related
macular degeneration
General
eye structure
References
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary, 23rd ed. 1976
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11, American
College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998
Component-of
retina
Components
fovea centralis retinae
macular ganglion cell complex
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