Inverted versus non-inverted retina
The vertebrate retina is inverted in the sense that the light-sensing cells are in the back of the retina, so that light has to pass through layers of neurons and capillaries before it reaches … See more

Around 300 BCE, Herophilos identified the retina from dissections of cadaver eyes. He called it the arachnoid layer, from its resemblance to a spider web, and retiform, from its resemblance to a casting net. The term arachnoid came to refer to a layer around the brain; … See more

• Adeno associated virus and gene therapy of the human retina
• Charles Schepens – "the father of modern retinal surgery"
• Evolution of the eye
• Duplex retina See more

The retina translates an optical image into neural impulses starting with the patterned excitation of the colour-sensitive pigments of its rods and … See more

There are many inherited and acquired diseases or disorders that may affect the retina. Some of them include:
• Retinitis pigmentosa is a group of genetic diseases that affect … See more

• The structures of the eye labeled
• Another view of the eye and the structures of the eye labeled
• Illustration of image as 'seen' by the retina independent of optic nerve and striate cortex processing. See more

• S. Ramón y Cajal, Histologie du Système Nerveux de l'Homme et des Vertébrés, Maloine, Paris, 1911.
• Rodieck RW (1965). "Quantitative … See more