Descriptor English: | Fovea Centralis | ||||
Descriptor Spanish: |
Fóvea Central
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Descriptor Portuguese: | Fóvea Central | ||||
Descriptor French: | Fossette centrale | ||||
Tree number(s): |
A09.371.729.522.436 |
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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) |
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Annotation: | a pit in the macula lutea of the retina |
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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 |
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Public MeSH Note: | 91; was see under MACULA LUTEA 1975-90 |
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Online Note: | search MACULA LUTEA 1968-74 |
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History Note: | 91(75); was see under MACULA LUTEA 1975-90 |
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DeCS ID: | 5718 | ||||
Unique ID: | D005584 | ||||
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||
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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