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macula lutea

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000053

An oval area in the retina, usually located temporal to the posterior pole of the eye and slightly below the level of the optic disk. It is characterized by the presence of a yellow pigment diffusely permeating the inner layers, contains the fovea centralis in its center, and provides the best phototopic visual acuity. It is devoid of retinal blood vessels, except in its periphery, and receives nourishment from the choriocapillaris of the choroid. (From Cline et al., Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed). [ MESH:A09.371.729.522 ]

Term info

database cross reference
  • UMLS:C1284755 (BIRNLEX:2540)
  • EMAPA:36516
  • GAID:909
  • MESH:D008266
  • BIRNLEX:2540
  • FMA:58637
  • Wikipedia:Macula_of_retina
  • UMLS:C0450295 (BIRNLEX:2540)
  • NCIT:C26464
  • BTO:0003015
  • SCTID:362517001
  • EV:0100349
  • NCIT:C33044
  • UMLS:C0450295 (ncithesaurus:Macula_Lutea)
  • MA:0001306
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Human_eye_cross-sectional_view_grayscale.png

has related synonym

macula flava retinae, macula retinae, maculae, macula

id

UBERON:0000053

prefLabel

Macula lutea