Retina

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Across
  1. 3. vascular layer supplying the outer retina
  2. 5. retinal layer containing the cell bodies of rods and cones
  3. 6. physiologic barrier formed by tight junctions in retinal vessels and RPE (3 words)
  4. 7. cone synaptic terminal containing multiple invaginations for complex synaptic connections
  5. 11. junction between the retina and ciliary body where photoreceptors end
  6. 12. central retinal region specialized for high acuity with mostly cones
  7. 13. principal glial cells spanning the entire thickness of the retina
  8. 14. cells that provide lateral inhibition in the outer plexiform layer
  9. 15. synapse type of cone synapse associated with OFF bipolar cells
Down
  1. 1. region where ganglion cell axons exit and other retinal layers are absent (3 words)
  2. 2. output neurons of the retina whose axons form the optic nerve (2 words)
  3. 4. main blood supply to the inner retinal layers (3 words)
  4. 8. retinal layer containing bipolar, horizontal, amacrine, and Muller cells
  5. 9. interneurons that modulate signals in the inner plexiform layer
  6. 10. central pit of the fovea lacking inner retinal layers