VILLOUS PROCESSES FROM THE INNER SEGMENTS OF CONES IN THE HUMAN MACULA LUTEA
- 1 December 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Acta Ophthalmologica
- Vol. 57 (6) , 1057-1064
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-3768.1979.tb00537.x
Abstract
The cones of the human macula lutea were examined by scanning electron microscopy. Each inner segment had about 15 thread-like processes which projected from the cell surface. They were arranged in a longitudinal straight line along the photoreceptor and were directed away from or towards the fovea centralis. The villous processes may be analogous with the lateral fins of the inner segments of certain vertebrates. They may bridge the space between neighboring photoreceptors and may establish contact and interaction between them.Keywords
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