Section through the fovea

  • Chris Guerin
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Section through the fovea. Chris Guerin. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Section through the human fovea. This is the centre of the retina and is responsible for visual acuity and colour vision due to the high concentration of cone cells. The overlying cell types are not present in the fovea allowing maximum light to hit the cones.

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