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Inner limiting membrane
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| Inner limiting membrane | |
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| Section of retina. (Membrana limitans interna labeled at right, at top.) | |
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| Plan of retinal neurons. (Membrana limitans interna labeled at left, at top.) | |
| Latin | membrana limitans interna |
| Gray's | subject #225 1017 |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | l_05/12480635 |
Each fiber begins on the inner surface of the retina by an expanded, often forked base, which sometimes contains a spheroidal body staining deeply with hematoxylin, the edges of the bases of adjoining fibers being united to form the inner limiting membrane (or layer).
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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