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photoreceptor layer of retina

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The layer within the retina where the photoreceptor cell receptor segments reside. [ ZFA:0000143 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layer_of_rods_and_cones ]

Synonyms: stratum segmentorum externorum et internorum retinae, retinal photoreceptor layer, retina photoreceptor layer, stratum segmentorum externorum et internorum (retina)

Term info

database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core

plural term
retinal photoreceptor layers [ ZFA:0000143 ]

UBPROP 0000003

(...) an essentially similar sequence of events occurs during the embryonic development of the vertebrate eye. The eye initially develops as a single median evagination of the diencephalon that soon bifurcates to form the paired optic vesicles. As each optic vesicle grows towards the body surface, its proximal part narrows as the optic stalk, and its distal part invaginates to form a two-layered optic cup. (...) The outer layer of the optic cup becomes the pigment layer of the retina, whereas the inner layer differentiates into the photoreceptive cells and neuronal layers of the retina.[well established][VHOG]

UBPROP 0000012

we follow MA and ZFA in subdividing this into inner and outer segments

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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/Gray881.png

has related synonym

retinal photoreceptor layers, layer of rods and cones

id

UBERON:0001787

prefLabel

photoreceptor layer of retina, Photoreceptor layer of retina