Inner plexiform layer

Inner plexiform layer

Section of retina. (Inner plexiform layer labeled at right, fourth from the top.)

Plan of retinal neurons. (Inner plexiform layer labeled at left, fifth from the top.)
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Identifiers
Latin stratum plexiforme internum retinae
Dorlands
/Elsevier
l_05/12480925
TA A15.2.04.015
FMA 58704

Anatomical terminology

The inner plexiform layer is an area of the retina that is made up of a dense reticulum of fibrils formed by interlaced dendrites of retinal ganglion cells and cells of the inner nuclear layer. Within this reticulum a few branched spongioblasts are sometimes embedded.[1]

References

  1. Nolte, John (2002). The Human Brain: An Introduction to Its Functional Anatomy. 5th ed. St. Louis: Mosby. pp. 416–7. ISBN 0-323-01320-1.

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