| Range |
2 width: >400 length μm
|
| Organism |
Human Homo sapiens |
| Reference |
Yuodelis C, Hendrickson A. A qualitative and quantitative analysis of the human fovea during development. Vision Res. 1986 26(6):847-55. p.853 right column top paragraphPubMed ID3750868
|
| Method |
The horizontal meridian containing the optic
disc and fovea was embedded in glycol methacrylate,
serially sectioned in a plane perpendicular
to the retinal layers at 2-3 µm and stained
with azure II-methylene blue or basic fuschin-methylene
blue. |
| Comments |
The fully-developed result in researchers'
middle-aged adult specimen is a rod-free foveola
of 683 µm diameter, containing 76,282 cones
which are 2 µm wide and over 4OOµm long
from the tip of their outer segment to the
synaptic pedicle. |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
108247 |