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    The fovea centralis is a small, central pit composed of closely packed cones in the eye. It is located in the center of the macula lutea of the retina...
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  • structure. Fovea centralis of the retina Fovea buccalis or dimple Fovea of the femoral head Trochlear fovea of the frontal bone Pterygoid fovea of the mandible...
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    light, or the scotopic region. Cone cells are densely packed in the fovea centralis, a 0.3 mm diameter rod-free area with very thin, densely packed cones...
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  • The foveal avascular zone (FAZ) is a region within the fovea centralis at the centre of the retina of the human eye that is devoid of retinal blood vessels...
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    chemical reactions within the layers of the retina, specifically the fovea centralis. These reactions are then passed as electrical signals through the...
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    "center" of the retina (the point directly behind the lens) lies the fovea (or fovea centralis), which contains only cone cells; and is the region capable of...
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    perception: the cones and the rods. Bergmann also coined the terms fovea centralis (for the very center of the retina), homoiothermic (referring to warm-blooded...
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    sensitivity of the cones it is impossible to discriminate colors. In the fovea centralis, cones predominate and are present at high density. The macula is thus...
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    confined to a single or a few sources of leakage at a safe distance from the fovea. Laser photocoagulation is not indicated for cases where the leak is very...
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    the appearance of a small circular choroid shape as seen through the fovea centralis. Its appearance is due to a relative transparency of the macula; storage...
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