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Descriptor English: Fundus Oculi
Descriptor Spanish: Fondo de Ojo
Descriptor fondo de ojo
Entry term(s) fondo del ojo
fundus oculi
Scope note: Región cóncava interior del ojo, que está formada por la retina, la coroides, la esclera, el disco óptico y los vasos sanguíneos, y que se observa a través de oftalmoscopio. (Cline et al., Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed)
Descriptor Portuguese: Fundo de Olho
Descriptor French: Fond de l'oeil
Entry term(s): Fundus of the Eye
Ocular Fundus
Tree number(s): A09.371.729.313
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005654
Scope note: The concave interior of the eye, consisting of the retina, the choroid, the sclera, the optic disk, and blood vessels, seen by means of the ophthalmoscope. (Cline et al., Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed)
Annotation: what is seen through an ophthalmoscope: do not confuse with RETINA & RETINAL VESSELS, the correct terms with subheadings, not FUNDUS OCULI; early coord for fundus fluorescent angiography: see hist notes under FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
Related: Ophthalmoscopy MeSH
DeCS ID: 5790
Unique ID: D005654
NLM Classification: WW 270
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1995/05/18
Fundus Oculi - Preferred
Concept UI M0008886
Scope note The concave interior of the eye, consisting of the retina, the choroid, the sclera, the optic disk, and blood vessels, seen by means of the ophthalmoscope. (Cline et al., Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed)
Preferred term Fundus Oculi
Entry term(s) Fundus of the Eye
Ocular Fundus



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