External limiting membrane
Section of retina. (Membrana limitans externa labeled at right, third from the bottom.)
Plan of retinal neurons. (Membrana limitans externa labeled at left, second from the bottom.)
Latin	membrana limitans externa
Gray's	subject #225 1017
Dorlands/Elsevier	m_08/12522817

In the outer nuclear layer they form a network around the rod- and cone-fibrils, and unite to form the external limiting membrane at the bases of the rods and cones. Image File history File links Gray881. ... Human eye cross-sectional view. ... Image File history File links Gray882. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ... Elseviers logo. ... Normalised absoption spectra of human rod (R) and cone (S,M,L) cells. ... A cone is a basic geometrical shape: see cone (geometry). ...

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