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 information
- Wikipedia:Layer_of_rods_and_cones
- XAO:0003215
- EMAPA:35686
- NCIT:C32954
- UMLS:C0229206 (ncithesaurus:Layer_of_the_Rods_and_Cones)
- FMA:58680
- VHOG:0001165
- MA:0001308
- ZFA:0000143
- TAO:0000143
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
(...) 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]