Retina Lab

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Across
  1. 3. Cell bodies here send messages out of the eye to the brain.
  2. 4. Light-detecting cells with outer and inner segments live here—rods and cones call it home.
  3. 6. This layer houses the nuclei of rods and cones.
  4. 9. A region in which the classic "ten layered" appearance of the retina is absent
  5. 10. Synapses happen here between photoreceptors and bipolar cells.
  6. 11. The innermost boundary (membrane) of the retina, facing the vitreous body.
  7. 13. A boundary (membrane) that separates photoreceptors from the outer nuclear layer.
Down
  1. 1. This line marks the termination of the photoreceptor cells of the retina anteriorly
  2. 2. The 1:1 ratio of ganglion cells to photoreceptors allow for very fine discrimination of
  3. 5. A small shallow depression in the center of the macula
  4. 7. This pigmented layer nourishes retinal visual cells and is essential for photoreceptor survival.
  5. 8. How many layers are typically in the retina?
  6. 9. Synapses happen here between photoreceptors and bipolar cells.
  7. 11. Where bipolar cells connect with ganglion and amacrine cells.
  8. 12. Contains axons of ganglion cells heading toward the optic nerve.