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Descriptor English: Fovea Centralis
Descriptor Spanish: Fóvea Central
Descriptor fóvea central
Scope note: Área con un diámetro aproximado de 1.5 milímetros situada en el centro de la mácula lútea que es el lugar donde la retina se hace muy delgada debido al desplazamiento oblicuo de todas las capas excepto la capa epitelial de pigmento. Incluye las paredes inclinadas de la fóvea (clivus) que contiene unos pocos bastoncillos en la periferia. En su centro (foveola) están los conos más adaptados para dar elevada agudeza visual, cada cono está conectado sólo a una célula ganglionar. (Cline et al., Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed).
Descriptor Portuguese: Fóvea Central
Descriptor French: Fossette centrale
Tree number(s): A09.371.729.522.436
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005584
Scope note: An area approximately 1.5 millimeters in diameter within the macula lutea where the retina thins out greatly because of the oblique shifting of all layers except the pigment epithelium layer. It includes the sloping walls of the fovea (clivus) and contains a few rods in its periphery. In its center (foveola) are the cones most adapted to yield high visual acuity, each cone being connected to only one ganglion cell. (Cline et al., Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed)
Annotation: a pit in the macula lutea of the retina
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under MACULA LUTEA 1975-90
Online Note: search MACULA LUTEA 1968-74
History Note: 91(75); was see under MACULA LUTEA 1975-90
DeCS ID: 5718
Unique ID: D005584
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Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1995/05/18
Fovea Centralis - Preferred
Concept UI M0008792
Scope note An area approximately 1.5 millimeters in diameter within the macula lutea where the retina thins out greatly because of the oblique shifting of all layers except the pigment epithelium layer. It includes the sloping walls of the fovea (clivus) and contains a few rods in its periphery. In its center (foveola) are the cones most adapted to yield high visual acuity, each cone being connected to only one ganglion cell. (Cline et al., Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed)
Preferred term Fovea Centralis



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