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<div class="pre-content"><div><div class="bk_prnt"><p class="small">NCBI Bookshelf. A service of the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health.</p><p>Kolb H, Fernandez E, Jones B, et al., editors. Webvision: The Organization of the Retina and Visual System [Internet]. Salt Lake City (UT): University of Utah Health Sciences Center; 1995-. </p></div><div class="iconblock clearfix whole_rhythm no_top_margin bk_noprnt"><a class="img_link icnblk_img" title="Table of Contents Page" href="/books/n/webvision/"><img class="source-thumb" src="/corehtml/pmc/pmcgifs/bookshelf/thumbs/th-webvision-lrg.png" alt="Cover of Webvision" height="100px" width="80px" /></a><div class="icnblk_cntnt eight_col"><h2>Webvision: The Organization of the Retina and Visual System [Internet].</h2><a data-jig="ncbitoggler" href="#__NBK11533_dtls__">Show details</a><div style="display:none" class="ui-widget" id="__NBK11533_dtls__"><div>Kolb H, Fernandez E, Jones B, et al., editors.</div><div>Salt Lake City (UT): <a href="http://webvision.med.utah.edu/" ref="pagearea=page-banner&targetsite=external&targetcat=link&targettype=publisher">University of Utah Health Sciences Center</a>; 1995-.</div></div><div class="half_rhythm"><ul class="inline_list"><li style="margin-right:1em"><a class="bk_cntns" href="/books/n/webvision/">Contents</a></li></ul></div><div class="bk_noprnt"><form method="get" action="/books/n/webvision/" id="bk_srch"><div class="bk_search"><label for="bk_term" class="offscreen_noflow">Search term</label><input type="text" title="Search this book" id="bk_term" name="term" value="" data-jig="ncbiclearbutton" /> <input type="submit" class="jig-ncbibutton" value="Search this book" submit="false" style="padding: 0.1em 0.4em;" /></div></form></div></div><div class="icnblk_cntnt two_col"><div class="pagination bk_noprnt"><a class="active page_link prev" href="/books/n/webvision/A5/" title="Previous page in this title">< Prev</a><a class="active page_link next" href="/books/n/webvision/howretinaworks/" title="Next page in this title">Next ></a></div></div></div></div></div>
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<div class="main-content lit-style" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/CreativeWork"><div class="meta-content fm-sec"><h1 id="_NBK11533_"><span class="title" itemprop="name">Simple Anatomy of the Retina</span></h1><p class="contrib-group"><span itemprop="author">Helga Kolb</span>, PhD.</p><a data-jig="ncbitoggler" href="#__NBK11533_ai__" style="border:0;text-decoration:none">Author Information and Affiliations</a><div style="display:none" class="ui-widget" id="__NBK11533_ai__"><p class="contrib-group"><h4>Authors</h4><span itemprop="author">Helga Kolb</span>, PhD<sup><img src="/corehtml/pmc/pmcgifs/corrauth.gif" alt="corresponding author" /></sup><sup>1</sup>.</p><h4>Affiliations</h4><div class="affiliation"><sup>1</sup> Moran Eye Institute, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City<div><span class="email-label">Email: </span><a href="mailto:dev@null" data-email="ude.hatu.csh@blok.agleH" class="oemail">ude.hatu.csh@blok.agleH</a></div></div><div><sup><img src="/corehtml/pmc/pmcgifs/corrauth.gif" alt="corresponding author" /></sup>Corresponding author.</div></div><p class="small">Created: <span itemprop="datePublished">May 1, 2005</span>; Last Update: <span itemprop="dateModified">January 31, 2012</span>.</p></div><div class="jig-ncbiinpagenav body-content whole_rhythm" data-jigconfig="allHeadingLevels: ['h2'],smoothScroll: false" itemprop="text"><div id="ch02sretina.1_Overview"><h2 id="_ch02sretina_1_Overview_">1. Overview</h2><p>When an ophthalmologist uses an ophthalmoscope to look into your eye he sees the following view of the retina (<a class="figpopup" href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F1/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF1" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF1">Fig. 1</a>).</p><div class="iconblock whole_rhythm clearfix ten_col fig" id="figch02sretinaF1" co-legend-rid="figlgndch02sretinaF1"><a href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F1/?report=objectonly" target="object" title="Figure" class="img_link icnblk_img figpopup" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF1" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF1"><img class="small-thumb" src="/books/NBK11533/bin/huretina.gif" src-large="/books/NBK11533/bin/huretina.jpg" alt="Figure 1" /></a><div class="icnblk_cntnt" id="figlgndch02sretinaF1"><h4 id="ch02sretina.F1"><a href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F1/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF1">Figure</a></h4><p class="float-caption no_bottom_margin">Figure 1. A view of the retina seen through an ophthalmoscope. </p></div></div><p>In the center of the retina is the optic nerve, a circular to oval white area measuring about 2 x 1.5 mm across. From the center of the optic nerve radiate the major blood vessels of the retina. Approximately 17 degrees (4.5-5 mm), or two and half disc diameters to the left of the disc, can be seen the slightly oval-shaped, blood vessel-free reddish spot, the fovea, which is at the center of the area known as the macula by ophthalmologists (<a class="figpopup" href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F1/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF1" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF1">Fig. 1</a>). An animation of the view from iris to retina can be seen in <a class="figpopup" href="/books/NBK11533/figure/A37/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-figpopup="figA37" rid-ob="figobA37">movie 1</a>.</p><div class="iconblock whole_rhythm clearfix ten_col fig" id="figA37" co-legend-rid="figlgndA37"><a href="/books/NBK11533/figure/A37/?report=objectonly" target="object" title="Movie 1" class="img_link icnblk_img figpopup" rid-figpopup="figA37" rid-ob="figobA37"><img class="small-thumb" src="/books/NBK11533/bin/sretinamv1.gif" src-large="/books/NBK11533/bin/sretinamv1.jpg" alt="Movie 1. An animation from the iris to the retina." /></a><div class="icnblk_cntnt" id="figlgndA37"><h4 id="A37"><a href="/books/NBK11533/figure/A37/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-ob="figobA37">Movie 1</a></h4><p class="float-caption no_bottom_margin">An animation from the iris to the retina. </p></div></div><p>A circular field of approximately 6 mm around the fovea is considered the central retina while beyond this is peripheral retina stretching to the ora serrata, 21 mm from the center of the retina (fovea). The total retina is a circular disc of between 30 and 40 mm diameter (<a class="bk_pop" href="#ch02sretina.REF.1" data-bk-pop-others="ch02sretina.REF.2 ch02sretina.REF.3">1-3</a>).</p><p>The retina is approximately 0.5 mm thick and lines the back of the eye. The optic nerve contains the ganglion cell axons running to the brain and, additionally, incoming blood vessels that open into the retina to vascularize the retinal layers and neurons (<a class="figpopup" href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F2/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF2" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF2">Fig. 2</a>). A radial section of a portion of the retina reveals that the ganglion cells (the output neurons of the retina) lie innermost in the retina closest to the lens and front of the eye, and the photosensors (the rods and cones) lie outermost in the retina against the pigment epithelium and choroid. Light must, therefore, travel through the thickness of the retina before striking and activating the rods and cones (<a class="figpopup" href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F2/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF2" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF2">Fig. 2</a>). Subsequently the absorbtion of photons by the visual pigment of the photoreceptors is translated into first a biochemical message and then an electrical message that can stimulate all the succeeding neurons of the retina. The retinal message concerning the photic input and some preliminary organization of the visual image into several forms of sensation are transmitted to the brain from the spiking discharge pattern of the ganglion cells.</p><div class="iconblock whole_rhythm clearfix ten_col fig" id="figch02sretinaF2" co-legend-rid="figlgndch02sretinaF2"><a href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F2/?report=objectonly" target="object" title="Figure" class="img_link icnblk_img figpopup" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF2" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF2"><img class="small-thumb" src="/books/NBK11533/bin/Sagschem.gif" src-large="/books/NBK11533/bin/Sagschem.jpg" alt="Figure 2" /></a><div class="icnblk_cntnt" id="figlgndch02sretinaF2"><h4 id="ch02sretina.F2"><a href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F2/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF2">Figure</a></h4><p class="float-caption no_bottom_margin">Figure 2. A drawing of a section through the human eye with a schematic enlargement of the retina. </p></div></div><p>A simplistic wiring diagram of the retina emphasizes only the sensory photoreceptors and the ganglion cells with a few interneurons connecting the two cell types such as seen in <a class="figpopup" href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F3/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF3" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF3">figure 3</a>.</p><div class="iconblock whole_rhythm clearfix ten_col fig" id="figch02sretinaF3" co-legend-rid="figlgndch02sretinaF3"><a href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F3/?report=objectonly" target="object" title="Figure" class="img_link icnblk_img figpopup" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF3" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF3"><img class="small-thumb" src="/books/NBK11533/bin/schem.gif" src-large="/books/NBK11533/bin/schem.jpg" alt="Figure 3" /></a><div class="icnblk_cntnt" id="figlgndch02sretinaF3"><h4 id="ch02sretina.F3"><a href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F3/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF3">Figure</a></h4><p class="float-caption no_bottom_margin">Figure 3. Simple diagram of the organization of the retina. </p></div></div><p>When an anatomist takes a vertical section of the retina and processes it for microscopic examination it becomes obvious that the retina is much more complex and contains many more nerve cell types than the simplistic scheme (above) had indicated. It is immediately obvious that there are many interneurons packed into the central part of the section of retina intervening between the photoreceptors and the ganglion cells (<a class="figpopup" href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F4/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF4" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF4">Fig. 4</a>).</p><div class="iconblock whole_rhythm clearfix ten_col fig" id="figch02sretinaF4" co-legend-rid="figlgndch02sretinaF4"><a href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F4/?report=objectonly" target="object" title="Figure" class="img_link icnblk_img figpopup" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF4" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF4"><img class="small-thumb" src="/books/NBK11533/bin/sretinaf03.gif" src-large="/books/NBK11533/bin/sretinaf03.jpg" alt="Figure 4" /></a><div class="icnblk_cntnt" id="figlgndch02sretinaF4"><h4 id="ch02sretina.F4"><a href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F4/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF4">Figure</a></h4><p class="float-caption no_bottom_margin">Figure 4. Light micrograph of a vertical section through central human retina. </p></div></div><p>All vertebrate retinas are composed of three layers of nerve cell bodies and two layers of synapses (<a class="figpopup" href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F5/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF5" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF5">Fig. 5</a>). The outer nuclear layer contains cell bodies of the rods and cones, the inner nuclear layer contains cell bodies of the bipolar, horizontal and amacrine cells and the ganglion cell layer contains cell bodies of ganglion cells and displaced amacrine cells. Dividing these nerve cell layers are two neuropils where synaptic contacts occur (<a class="figpopup" href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F5/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF5" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF5">Fig. 5</a>).</p><div class="iconblock whole_rhythm clearfix ten_col fig" id="figch02sretinaF5" co-legend-rid="figlgndch02sretinaF5"><a href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F5/?report=objectonly" target="object" title="Figure" class="img_link icnblk_img figpopup" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF5" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF5"><img class="small-thumb" src="/books/NBK11533/bin/sretinaf04.gif" src-large="/books/NBK11533/bin/sretinaf04.jpg" alt="Figure 5" /></a><div class="icnblk_cntnt" id="figlgndch02sretinaF5"><h4 id="ch02sretina.F5"><a href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F5/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF5">Figure</a></h4><p class="float-caption no_bottom_margin">Figure 5. 3-D block of a portion of human retina. </p></div></div><p>The first area of neuropil is the outer plexiform layer (OPL) where connections between rod and cones, and vertically running bipolar cells and horizontally oriented horizontal cells occur (Figs. <a class="figpopup" href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F6/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF6" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF6">6</a> and <a class="figpopup" href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F7/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF7" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF7">7</a>).</p><div class="iconblock whole_rhythm clearfix ten_col fig" id="figch02sretinaF6" co-legend-rid="figlgndch02sretinaF6"><a href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F6/?report=objectonly" target="object" title="Figure" class="img_link icnblk_img figpopup" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF6" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF6"><img class="small-thumb" src="/books/NBK11533/bin/sretinaf05.gif" src-large="/books/NBK11533/bin/sretinaf05.jpg" alt="Figure 6" /></a><div class="icnblk_cntnt" id="figlgndch02sretinaF6"><h4 id="ch02sretina.F6"><a href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F6/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF6">Figure</a></h4><p class="float-caption no_bottom_margin">Figure 6. 3-D block of retina with the outer plexiform layer (OPL) highlighted in red. . </p></div></div><div class="iconblock whole_rhythm clearfix ten_col fig" id="figch02sretinaF7" co-legend-rid="figlgndch02sretinaF7"><a href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F7/?report=objectonly" target="object" title="Figure" class="img_link icnblk_img figpopup" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF7" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF7"><img class="small-thumb" src="/books/NBK11533/bin/sretinaf06.gif" src-large="/books/NBK11533/bin/sretinaf06.jpg" alt="Figure 7" /></a><div class="icnblk_cntnt" id="figlgndch02sretinaF7"><h4 id="ch02sretina.F7"><a href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F7/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF7">Figure</a></h4><p class="float-caption no_bottom_margin">Figure 7. Light micrograph of a vertical section through the outer plexiform layer (OPL). Cone pedicles and rod spherules are the synaptic terminals of cones and rods. The outer nuclear layer (ONL) contains the cell bodies of rods and cones. The inner <a href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F7/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF7">(more...)</a></p></div></div><p>The second neuropil of the retina, is the inner plexiform layer (IPL), and it functions as a relay station for the vertical-information-carrying nerve cells, the bipolar cells, to connect to ganglion cells (Figs. <a class="figpopup" href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F8/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF8" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF8">8</a> and <a class="figpopup" href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF">9</a>). In addition, different varieties of horizontally- and vertically-directed amacrine cells, interact in further networks to influence and integrate the ganglion cell signals. It is at the culmination of all this neural processing in the IPL that the message concerning the visual image is transmitted through ganglion cells to the brain along the optic nerve.</p><div class="iconblock whole_rhythm clearfix ten_col fig" id="figch02sretinaF8" co-legend-rid="figlgndch02sretinaF8"><a href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F8/?report=objectonly" target="object" title="Figure" class="img_link icnblk_img figpopup" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF8" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF8"><img class="small-thumb" src="/books/NBK11533/bin/sretinaf07.gif" src-large="/books/NBK11533/bin/sretinaf07.jpg" alt="Figure 8" /></a><div class="icnblk_cntnt" id="figlgndch02sretinaF8"><h4 id="ch02sretina.F8"><a href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F8/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF8">Figure</a></h4><p class="float-caption no_bottom_margin">Figure 8. 3-D block of retina with the inner plexiform layer (IPL) highlighted in red. </p></div></div><div class="iconblock whole_rhythm clearfix ten_col fig" id="figch02sretinaF" co-legend-rid="figlgndch02sretinaF"><a href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F/?report=objectonly" target="object" title="Figure" class="img_link icnblk_img figpopup" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF"><img class="small-thumb" src="/books/NBK11533/bin/sretinaf08.gif" src-large="/books/NBK11533/bin/sretinaf08.jpg" alt="Figure" /></a><div class="icnblk_cntnt" id="figlgndch02sretinaF"><h4 id="ch02sretina.F"><a href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF">Figure</a></h4><p class="float-caption no_bottom_margin">Figure. 9. Light micrograph of a vertical section through the inner plexiform layer (IPL), highlighted in red. Amacrine cells and bipolar cells lie above the IPL. Ganglion cells form the ganglion cell layer (GCL) which lies just below the IPL. Processes <a href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF">(more...)</a></p></div></div></div><div id="ch02sretina.2_Central_and_peripheral_ret"><h2 id="_ch02sretina_2_Central_and_peripheral_ret_">2. Central and peripheral retina compared</h2><p>Central retina close to the fovea is considerably thicker than peripheral retina (compare <a class="figpopup" href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F10/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF10" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF10">Figs. 10A with 10B</a>). This is due to the increased packing density of photoreceptors, particularly the cones, and their associated bipolar and ganglion cells in central retina compared with peripheral retina.</p><div class="iconblock whole_rhythm clearfix ten_col fig" id="figch02sretinaF10" co-legend-rid="figlgndch02sretinaF10"><a href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F10/?report=objectonly" target="object" title="Figure" class="img_link icnblk_img figpopup" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF10" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF10"><img class="small-thumb" src="/books/NBK11533/bin/human_central_vs_periperal.gif" src-large="/books/NBK11533/bin/human_central_vs_periperal.jpg" alt="Figure 10" /></a><div class="icnblk_cntnt" id="figlgndch02sretinaF10"><h4 id="ch02sretina.F10"><a href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F10/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF10">Figure</a></h4><p class="float-caption no_bottom_margin">Figure 10. Different structure of central and peripheral human retina. <i>A</i>. In central retina the inner and outer plexiform layers (IPL, OPL) are thicker than in peripheral retina. The inner nuclear and ganglion cell layers (INL, GCL) contain more cells, <a href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F10/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF10">(more...)</a></p></div></div><p>Central retina is cone-dominated retina whereas peripheral retina is rod-dominated. Thus in central retina the cones are closely spaced and the rods fewer in number between the cones (<a class="figpopup" href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F10/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF10" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF10">Figs. 10A and 10B</a>).</p><p>The outer nuclear layer (ONL), composed of the cell bodies of the rods and cones, is about the same thickness in central and peripheral retina. However in the peripheral retina the rod cell bodies outnumber the cone cell bodies while the reverse is true for central retina. In central retina, the cones have oblique axons displacing their cell bodies from their synaptic pedicles in the outer plexiform layer (OPL). These oblique axons, with accompanying Müller cell processes, form a pale-staining fibrous-looking area known as the Henle fibre layer. The latter layer is absent in peripheral retina.</p><p>The inner nuclear layer (INL) is thicker in the central area of the retina compared with peripheral retina, due to a greater density of cone-connecting second-order neurons (cone bipolar cells), smaller-field and more closely-spaced horizontal cells, and amacrine cells concerned with the cone pathways (<a class="figpopup" href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F10/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF10" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF10">Fig. 10</a>). As we shall see later, cone-connected circuits of neurons are less convergent in that fewer cones impinge on second order neurons, than rods do in rod-connected pathways.</p><p>A remarkable difference between central and peripheral retina can be seen in the relative thicknesses of the inner plexiform layers (IPL), ganglion cell layers (GCL) and nerve fibre layers (NFL) (<a class="figpopup" href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F10/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF10" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF10">Figs. 10A and 10B</a>). This is again due to the greater numbers and increased packing-density of ganglion cells needed for the cone pathways in the cone-dominant foveal retina as compared the rod-dominant peripheral retina. The greater number of ganglion cells means more synaptic interaction in a thicker IPL and greater numbers of ganglion cell axons coursing to the optic nerve in the nerve fibre layer (<a class="figpopup" href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F10/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF10" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF10">Fig. 10A</a>).</p></div><div id="ch02sretina.3_Mller_glial_cells"><h2 id="_ch02sretina_3_Mller_glial_cells_">3. Müller glial cells</h2><p>Müller cells are the radial glial cells of the retina (<a class="figpopup" href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F11/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF11" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF11">Fig. 11</a>). The outer limiting membrane (OLM) of the retina is formed from adherens junctions between Müller cells and photoreceptor cell inner segments. The inner limiting membrane (ILM) of the retina is likewise composed of laterally contacting Müller cell end feet and associated basement membrane constituents.</p><div class="iconblock whole_rhythm clearfix ten_col fig" id="figch02sretinaF11" co-legend-rid="figlgndch02sretinaF11"><a href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F11/?report=objectonly" target="object" title="Figure" class="img_link icnblk_img figpopup" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF11" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF11"><img class="small-thumb" src="/books/NBK11533/bin/muller.gif" src-large="/books/NBK11533/bin/muller.jpg" alt="Figure 11" /></a><div class="icnblk_cntnt" id="figlgndch02sretinaF11"><h4 id="ch02sretina.F11"><a href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F11/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF11">Figure</a></h4><p class="float-caption no_bottom_margin">Figure 11. Vertical view of Golgi-stained Müller glial cells. OLM, outer limiting membrane; ILM, inner limiting membrane. </p></div></div><p>The OLM forms a barrier between the subretinal space, into which the inner and outer segments of the photoreceptors project to be in close association with the pigment epithelial layer behind the retina, and the neural retina proper. The ILM is the inner surface of the retina bordering the vitreous humor and thereby forming a diffusion barrier between neural retina and vitreous humor (<a class="figpopup" href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F11/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF11" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF11">Fig. 11</a>).</p><p>Throughout the retina the major blood vessels of the retinal vasculature supply the capillaries that run into the neural tissue. Capillaries are found running through all parts of the retina from the nerve fibre layer to the outer plexiform layer and even occasionally as high as in the outer nuclear layer. Nutrients from the vasculature of the choriocapillaris behind the pigment epithelium layer supply the delicate photoreceptor layer.</p></div><div id="ch02sretina.4_Foveal_structure"><h2 id="_ch02sretina_4_Foveal_structure_">4. Foveal structure</h2><p>The center of the fovea is known as the foveal pit (<a class="bk_pop" href="#ch02sretina.REF.1">1</a>) and is a highly specialized region of the retina different again from central and peripheral retina we have considered so far. Radial sections of this small circular region of retina measuring less than a quarter of a millimeter (200 μm) across are shown below for human (<a class="figpopup" href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F12/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF12" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF12">Fig. 12A</a>) and for monkey (<a class="figpopup" href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F12/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF12" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF12">Fig. 12B</a>).</p><div class="iconblock whole_rhythm clearfix ten_col fig" id="figch02sretinaF12" co-legend-rid="figlgndch02sretinaF12"><a href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F12/?report=objectonly" target="object" title="Figure" class="img_link icnblk_img figpopup" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF12" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF12"><img class="small-thumb" src="/books/NBK11533/bin/humonkfovea.gif" src-large="/books/NBK11533/bin/humonkfovea.jpg" alt="Figure 12" /></a><div class="icnblk_cntnt" id="figlgndch02sretinaF12"><h4 id="ch02sretina.F12"><a href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F12/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF12">Figure</a></h4><p class="float-caption no_bottom_margin">Figure 12. Foveal regions of primate retinas. <i>A</i>. Vertical section of the human fovea from Yamada, 1969 (11). os, outer segments; is, inner segments; OLM, outer limiting membrane; ONL, outer nuclear layer; H, Henle fibers; INL, inner nuclear layer; ILM, <a href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F12/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF12">(more...)</a></p></div></div><p>The foveal pit is an area where cone photoreceptors are concentrated at maximum density with exclusion of the rods, and arranged at their most efficient packing density which is in a hexagonal mosaic. This is more clearly seen in a tangential section through the foveal cone inner segments (<a class="figpopup" href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F13/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF13" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF13">Fig. 13</a>).</p><div class="iconblock whole_rhythm clearfix ten_col fig" id="figch02sretinaF13" co-legend-rid="figlgndch02sretinaF13"><a href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F13/?report=objectonly" target="object" title="Figure" class="img_link icnblk_img figpopup" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF13" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF13"><img class="small-thumb" src="/books/NBK11533/bin/fovmoswv.gif" src-large="/books/NBK11533/bin/fovmoswv.jpg" alt="Figure 13" /></a><div class="icnblk_cntnt" id="figlgndch02sretinaF13"><h4 id="ch02sretina.F13"><a href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F13/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF13">Figure</a></h4><p class="float-caption no_bottom_margin">Figure 13. Tangential section through the human fovea. Reproduced from Ahnelt, Kolb and Pflug (1987) (13). </p></div></div><p>Below this central 200 μm diameter central foveal pit, the other layers of the retina are displaced concentrically leaving only the thinnest sheet of retina consisting of the cone cells and some of their cell bodies. Radially distorted but complete layering of the retina then appears gradually along the foveal slope (right and left sides of <a class="figpopup" href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F12/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF12" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF12">Figs. 12a and 12b</a>) until the rim of the fovea is made up of the displaced second- and third-order neurons related to the central cones. Here the ganglion cells are piled into six layers so making this area, called the foveal rim or parafovea (<a class="bk_pop" href="#ch02sretina.REF.1">1</a>), the thickest portion of the entire retina.</p></div><div id="ch02sretina.5_Macula_lutea"><h2 id="_ch02sretina_5_Macula_lutea_">5. Macula lutea</h2><p>The whole foveal area including foveal pit, foveal slope, parafovea and perifovea is considered the macula of the human eye. Familiar to ophthalmologists is a yellow pigmentation to the macular area known as the macula lutea (<a class="figpopup" href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F14/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF14" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF14">Fig. 14</a>).</p><div class="iconblock whole_rhythm clearfix ten_col fig" id="figch02sretinaF14" co-legend-rid="figlgndch02sretinaF14"><a href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F14/?report=objectonly" target="object" title="Figure" class="img_link icnblk_img figpopup" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF14" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF14"><img class="small-thumb" src="/books/NBK11533/bin/retina.gif" src-large="/books/NBK11533/bin/retina.jpg" alt="Figure 14" /></a><div class="icnblk_cntnt" id="figlgndch02sretinaF14"><h4 id="ch02sretina.F14"><a href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F14/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF14">Figure</a></h4><p class="float-caption no_bottom_margin">Figure 14. Ophthalmoscopic appearance of the retina to show the macula lutea (yellow area around the fovea). </p></div></div><p>This pigmentation is the reflection from yellow screening pigments, the xanthophyll carotenoids zeaxanthin and lutein (<a class="bk_pop" href="#ch02sretina.REF.4">4</a>), present in the cone axons of the Henle fibre layer. The macula lutea is thought to act as a short wavelength filter, additional to that provided by the lens (<a class="bk_pop" href="#ch02sretina.REF.5">5</a>). As the fovea is the most essential part of the retina for human vision, protective mechanisms for avoiding bright light and especially ultraviolet irradiation damage are essential. For if the delicate cones of our fovea are destroyed, we become blind.</p><p>The yellow pigment that forms the macula lutea in the fovea can be clearly demonstrated by viewing a section of the fovea in the microscope with blue light (<a class="figpopup" href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F15/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF15" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF15">Fig. 15</a>). The dark pattern in the foveal pit extending out to the edge of the foveal slope is caused by the macular pigment distribution (<a class="bk_pop" href="#ch02sretina.REF.6">6</a>).</p><div class="iconblock whole_rhythm clearfix ten_col fig" id="figch02sretinaF15" co-legend-rid="figlgndch02sretinaF15"><a href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F15/?report=objectonly" target="object" title="Figure" class="img_link icnblk_img figpopup" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF15" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF15"><img class="small-thumb" src="/books/NBK11533/bin/MaclutSnod.gif" src-large="/books/NBK11533/bin/MaclutSnod.jpg" alt="Figure 15" /></a><div class="icnblk_cntnt" id="figlgndch02sretinaF15"><h4 id="ch02sretina.F15"><a href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F15/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF15">Figure</a></h4><p class="float-caption no_bottom_margin">Figure 15. Vertical section through the monkey fovea to show the distribution of the macula lutea (black). From Snodderly et al., 1984 (6). </p></div></div><p>If one were to visualize the foveal photoreceptor mosaic as though the visual pigments in the individual cones were not bleached, one would see the picture shown in <a class="figpopup" href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F16/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF16" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF16">Figure 16</a> (lower frame) (picture from Lall and Cone, 1996). The short-wavelength sensitive cones on the foveal slope look pale yellow green, the middle wavelength cones, pink and the long wavelength sensitive cones, purple. If we now add the effect of the yellow screening pigment of the macula lutea we see the appearance of the cone mosaic in <a class="figpopup" href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F16/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF16" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF16">Figure 16</a> (upper frame). The macula lutea helps enhance achromatic resolution of the foveal cones and blocks out harmful UV light irradiation (<a class="figpopup" href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F16/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF16" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF16">Fig. 16</a> from Abner Lall and Richard Cone, unpublished data).</p><div class="iconblock whole_rhythm clearfix ten_col fig" id="figch02sretinaF16" co-legend-rid="figlgndch02sretinaF16"><a href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F16/?report=objectonly" target="object" title="Figure" class="img_link icnblk_img figpopup" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF16" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF16"><img class="small-thumb" src="/books/NBK11533/bin/sretinaf16.gif" src-large="/books/NBK11533/bin/sretinaf16.jpg" alt="Figure 16" /></a><div class="icnblk_cntnt" id="figlgndch02sretinaF16"><h4 id="ch02sretina.F16"><a href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F16/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF16">Figure</a></h4><p class="float-caption no_bottom_margin">Figure 16. Appearance of the cone mosaic in the fovea as seen with (above) and without (below) the macula lutea screening pigment. The image is courtesy of Abner Lall (Howard University) and Richard Cone (Johns Hopkins University). </p></div></div></div><div id="ch02sretina.6_Blood_supply_to_the_retina"><h2 id="_ch02sretina_6_Blood_supply_to_the_retina_">6. Blood supply to the retina</h2><p>There are two sources of blood supply to the mammalian retina: the central retinal artery and the choroidal blood vessels. The choroid receives the greatest blood flow (65-85%) (<a class="bk_pop" href="#ch02sretina.REF.7">7</a>) and is vital for the maintainance of the outer retina (particularly the photoreceptors) and the remaining 20-30% flows to the retina through the central retinal artery from the optic nerve head to nourish the inner retinal layers. The central retinal artery has 4 main branches in the human retina (<a class="figpopup" href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F17/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF17" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF17">Fig. 17</a>).</p><div class="iconblock whole_rhythm clearfix ten_col fig" id="figch02sretinaF17" co-legend-rid="figlgndch02sretinaF17"><a href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F17/?report=objectonly" target="object" title="Figure" class="img_link icnblk_img figpopup" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF17" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF17"><img class="small-thumb" src="/books/NBK11533/bin/sretinaf17.gif" src-large="/books/NBK11533/bin/sretinaf17.jpg" alt="Figure 17" /></a><div class="icnblk_cntnt" id="figlgndch02sretinaF17"><h4 id="ch02sretina.F17"><a href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F17/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF17">Figure</a></h4><p class="float-caption no_bottom_margin">Figure 17. Fundus photograph showing fluorescein imaging of the major arteries and veins in a normal human right eye retina. The vessels emerge from the optic nerve head and run in a radial fashion, curving toward and around the fovea (asterisk in photograph). <a href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F17/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF17">(more...)</a></p></div></div><p>The arterial intraretinal branches then supply three layers of capillary networks i.e. 1) the radial peripapillary capillaries (RPCs) and 2) an inner and 3) an outer layer of capillaries (<a class="figpopup" href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F18/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF18" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF18">Fig. 18A</a>). The precapillary venules drain into venules and through the corresponding venous system to the central retinal vein (<a class="figpopup" href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F18/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF18" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF18">Fig. 18B</a>).</p><div class="iconblock whole_rhythm clearfix ten_col fig" id="figch02sretinaF18" co-legend-rid="figlgndch02sretinaF18"><a href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F18/?report=objectonly" target="object" title="Figure" class="img_link icnblk_img figpopup" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF18" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF18"><img class="small-thumb" src="/books/NBK11533/bin/sretina18ab.gif" src-large="/books/NBK11533/bin/sretina18ab.jpg" alt="Figure 18" /></a><div class="icnblk_cntnt" id="figlgndch02sretinaF18"><h4 id="ch02sretina.F18"><a href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F18/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF18">Figure</a></h4><p class="float-caption no_bottom_margin">Figure 18. Microvasculature of the retina. <i>A</i>. Flatmount view of a rat retina stained with NADPH-diaphorase at the level of focus of a major artery and arterioles. <i>B</i>. Flatmount view of a rat retina stained with NADPH-diaphorase at the level of focus of <a href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F18/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF18">(more...)</a></p></div></div><p>The radial peripapillary capillaries (RPCs) are the most superfical layer of capillaries lying in the inner part of the nerve fiber layer, and run along the paths of the major superotemporal and inferotemporal vessels 4-5 mm from the optic disk (<a class="bk_pop" href="#ch02sretina.REF.8">8</a>). The RPCs anastomose with each other and the deeper capillaries. The inner capillaries lie in the ganglion cell layers under and parallel to the RPCs. The outer capillary network runs from the inner plexiform layer to the outer plexiform layer thought the inner nuclear layer (<a class="bk_pop" href="#ch02sretina.REF.8">8</a>).</p><p>As will be noticed from the flourescein angiography of <a class="figpopup" href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F17/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF17" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF17">Figure 17</a>, there is a ring of blood vessels in the macular area around a blood vessel- and capillary-free zone 450-600 μm in diameter, surrounding the fovea. The macular vessels arise from branches of the superior temporal and inferotemporal arteries. At the border of the avascular zone the capillaries become two-layered and finally join as a single layered ring. The collecting venules are deeper (posterior) to the arterioles and drain blood flow back into the main veins (<a class="figpopup" href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F19/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF19" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF19">Fig. 19</a>). In the rhesus monkey this perimacular ring and blood vessel free fovea is clearly seen in the beautiful drawings made by Max Snodderly's group (<a class="bk_pop" href="#ch02sretina.REF.9">9</a>) (<a class="figpopup" href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F20/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF20" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF20">Fig. 20</a>).</p><div class="iconblock whole_rhythm clearfix ten_col fig" id="figch02sretinaF19" co-legend-rid="figlgndch02sretinaF19"><a href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F19/?report=objectonly" target="object" title="Figure" class="img_link icnblk_img figpopup" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF19" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF19"><img class="small-thumb" src="/books/NBK11533/bin/sretinaf19.gif" src-large="/books/NBK11533/bin/sretinaf19.jpg" alt="Figure 19" /></a><div class="icnblk_cntnt" id="figlgndch02sretinaF19"><h4 id="ch02sretina.F19"><a href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F19/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF19">Figure</a></h4><p class="float-caption no_bottom_margin">Figure 19. The macular vessels of the monkey eye form a ring around the avascular fovea (star). A, arteriole; V, venule. The illustration is from Zhang, 1994 (8). </p></div></div><div class="iconblock whole_rhythm clearfix ten_col fig" id="figch02sretinaF20" co-legend-rid="figlgndch02sretinaF20"><a href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F20/?report=objectonly" target="object" title="Figure" class="img_link icnblk_img figpopup" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF20" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF20"><img class="small-thumb" src="/books/NBK11533/bin/sretinaf20.gif" src-large="/books/NBK11533/bin/sretinaf20.jpg" alt="Figure 20" /></a><div class="icnblk_cntnt" id="figlgndch02sretinaF20"><h4 id="ch02sretina.F20"><a href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F20/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF20">Figure</a></h4><p class="float-caption no_bottom_margin">Figure 20. Diagram of the retinal vasculature around the fovea in the rhesus monkey derived from more than 80 microscope fields. The figure is from Snodderly et al., 1992 (9). </p></div></div><p>The choroidal arteries arise from long and short posterior ciliary arteries and branches of Zinn's circle (around the optic disc). Each of the posterior ciliary arteries break up into fan-shaped lobules of capillaries that supply localized regions of the choroid (<a class="bk_pop" href="#ch02sretina.REF.10">10</a>). The macular area of the choroidal vessels is not specialized like the retinal blood supply is (<a class="bk_pop" href="#ch02sretina.REF.8">8</a>). The arteries pierce the sclera around the optic nerve and fan out to form the three vascular layers in the choroid: outer (most scleral), medial and inner (nearest Bruch’s membrane of the pigment epithelium) layers of blood vessels. This is clearly shown in the corrosion cast of a cut face of the human choroid in <a class="figpopup" href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F21/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF21" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF21">figure 21A</a> (<a class="bk_pop" href="#ch02sretina.REF.8">8</a>). The corresponding venous lobules drain into the venules and veins that run anterior towards the equator of the eyeball to enter the vortex veins (<a class="figpopup" href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F21/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF21" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF21">Fig. 21b</a>). One or two vortex veins drain each of the 4 quadrants of the eyeball. The vortex veins penetrate the sclera and merge into the ophthalmic vein as shown in the corrosion cast of <a class="figpopup" href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F21/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF21" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF21">figure 21B</a> (<a class="bk_pop" href="#ch02sretina.REF.8">8</a>).</p><div class="iconblock whole_rhythm clearfix ten_col fig" id="figch02sretinaF21" co-legend-rid="figlgndch02sretinaF21"><a href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F21/?report=objectonly" target="object" title="Figure" class="img_link icnblk_img figpopup" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF21" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF21"><img class="small-thumb" src="/books/NBK11533/bin/sretinaf21ab.gif" src-large="/books/NBK11533/bin/sretinaf21ab.jpg" alt="Figure 21" /></a><div class="icnblk_cntnt" id="figlgndch02sretinaF21"><h4 id="ch02sretina.F21"><a href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F21/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF21">Figure</a></h4><p class="float-caption no_bottom_margin">Figure 21. Corrosion casts of the vasculature of the human eye. <i>A</i>. The three vascular layers in the choroid: outer arteries and veins (red/blue arrow), medial arterioles and venules (red arrow), and inner capillary bed (yellow star). <i>B</i>. Cast of the upper <a href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F21/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF21">(more...)</a></p></div></div></div><div id="ch02sretina.7_Degenerative_diseases_of_t"><h2 id="_ch02sretina_7_Degenerative_diseases_of_t_">7. Degenerative diseases of the human retina</h2><p>The human retina is a delicate organization of neurons, glia and nourishing blood vessels. In some eye diseases, the retina becomes damaged or compromised, and degenerative changes set in that eventually lead to serious damage to the nerve cells that carry the vital messages about the visual image to the brain. We indicate four different conditions where the retina is diseased and blindness may be the end result.</p><p>Age related macular degeneration is a common retinal problem of the aging eye and a leading cause of blindness in the world. The macular area and fovea become compromised due to the pigment epithelium behind the retina degenerating and forming drusen (<a class="figpopup" href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F22/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF22" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF22">white spots, Fig. 22</a>) and allowing leakage of fluid behind the fovea. The cones of the fovea die causing central visual loss so we cannot read or see fine detail.</p><div class="iconblock whole_rhythm clearfix ten_col fig" id="figch02sretinaF22" co-legend-rid="figlgndch02sretinaF22"><a href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F22/?report=objectonly" target="object" title="Figure" class="img_link icnblk_img figpopup" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF22" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF22"><img class="small-thumb" src="/books/NBK11533/bin/sretinaf22.gif" src-large="/books/NBK11533/bin/sretinaf22.jpg" alt="Figure 22" /></a><div class="icnblk_cntnt" id="figlgndch02sretinaF22"><h4 id="ch02sretina.F22"><a href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F22/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF22">Figure</a></h4><p class="float-caption no_bottom_margin">Figure 22. A view of the fundus of the eye and of the retina in a patient who has age-related macular degeneration. </p></div></div><p>Glaucoma (<a class="figpopup" href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F23/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF23" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF23">Fig. 23</a>) is also a common problem in aging, where the pressure within the eye becomes elevated. The pressure rises because the anterior chamber of the eye cannot exchange fluid properly by the normal aqueous outflow methods. The pressure within the vitreous chamber rises and compromises the blood vessels of the optic nerve head and eventually the axons of the ganglion cells so that these vital cells die. Treatment to reduce the intraocular pressure is essential in glaucoma.</p><div class="iconblock whole_rhythm clearfix ten_col fig" id="figch02sretinaF23" co-legend-rid="figlgndch02sretinaF23"><a href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F23/?report=objectonly" target="object" title="Figure" class="img_link icnblk_img figpopup" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF23" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF23"><img class="small-thumb" src="/books/NBK11533/bin/sretinaf23.gif" src-large="/books/NBK11533/bin/sretinaf23.jpg" alt="Figure 23" /></a><div class="icnblk_cntnt" id="figlgndch02sretinaF23"><h4 id="ch02sretina.F23"><a href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F23/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF23">Figure</a></h4><p class="float-caption no_bottom_margin">Figure 23. A view of the fundus of the eye and of the retina in a patient who has advanced glaucoma. </p></div></div><p>Retinits pigmentosa (<a class="figpopup" href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F24/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF24" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF24">Fig. 24</a>) is a nasty hereditary disease of the retina for which there is no cure at present. It comes in many forms and consists of large numbers of genetic mutations presently being analyzed. Most of the faulty genes that have been discovered concern the rod photoreceptors. The rods of the peripheral retina begin to degenerate in early stages of the disease. Patients become night blind gradually as more and more of the peripheral retina (where the rods reside) becomes damaged. Eventually patients are reduced to tunnel vision with only the fovea spared the disease process. Characteristic pathology is the occurrence of black pigment in the peripheral retina and thinned blood vessels at the optic nerve head (<a class="figpopup" href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F24/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF24" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF24">Fig. 24</a>).</p><div class="iconblock whole_rhythm clearfix ten_col fig" id="figch02sretinaF24" co-legend-rid="figlgndch02sretinaF24"><a href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F24/?report=objectonly" target="object" title="Figure" class="img_link icnblk_img figpopup" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF24" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF24"><img class="small-thumb" src="/books/NBK11533/bin/sretinaf24.gif" src-large="/books/NBK11533/bin/sretinaf24.jpg" alt="Figure 24" /></a><div class="icnblk_cntnt" id="figlgndch02sretinaF24"><h4 id="ch02sretina.F24"><a href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F24/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF24">Figure</a></h4><p class="float-caption no_bottom_margin">Figure 24. A view of the fundus of the eye and of the retina in a patient who has retinitis pigmentosa. </p></div></div><p>Diabetic retinopathy is a side effect of diabetes that affects the retina and can cause blindness (<a class="figpopup" href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F25/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF25" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF25">Fig. 25</a>). The vital nourishing blood vessels of the eye become compromised, distorted and multiply in uncontrollable ways. Laser treatment for stopping blood vessel proliferation and leakage of fluid into the retina, is the commonest treatment at present.</p><div class="iconblock whole_rhythm clearfix ten_col fig" id="figch02sretinaF25" co-legend-rid="figlgndch02sretinaF25"><a href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F25/?report=objectonly" target="object" title="Figure" class="img_link icnblk_img figpopup" rid-figpopup="figch02sretinaF25" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF25"><img class="small-thumb" src="/books/NBK11533/bin/sretinaf25.gif" src-large="/books/NBK11533/bin/sretinaf25.jpg" alt="Figure 25" /></a><div class="icnblk_cntnt" id="figlgndch02sretinaF25"><h4 id="ch02sretina.F25"><a href="/books/NBK11533/figure/ch02sretina.F25/?report=objectonly" target="object" rid-ob="figobch02sretinaF25">Figure</a></h4><p class="float-caption no_bottom_margin">Figure 25. A view of the fundus of the eye and of the retina in a patient who has advanced diabetic retinopathy. </p></div></div></div><div id="ch02sretina.About_the_Author"><h2 id="_ch02sretina_About_the_Author_">About the Author</h2><p>The biosketch for <a href="/books/n/webvision/webvision_book_info/">Helga Kolb</a> appears in the Webvision section <a href="/books/n/webvision/webvision_book_info/">About the Editors</a>.</p></div><div id="ch02sretina.References"><h2 id="_ch02sretina_References_">References</h2><dl class="temp-labeled-list"><dt>1.</dt><dd><div class="bk_ref" id="ch02sretina.REF.1">Polyak, S.L., <em>The Retina</em>1941, Chicago: University of Chicago.</div></dd><dt>2.</dt><dd><div class="bk_ref" id="ch02sretina.REF.2">Kolb, H., <em>The neural organization of the human retina.</em>, in <em>Principles and practice of clinical electrophysiology of vision</em>, J.R. Heckenlively and G.B. 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