Retina showing rod cells.

  • Dr David Furness
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Retina showing rod cells. Dr David Furness. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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A scanning electron micrograph of the retina in a guinea pig eye. To the left of the picture is the photoreceptor layer which contains the light- sensitive rod cells that help convert light impulses into an image in the brain. To the right is the choroid layer of the retina which contains a network of blood vessels like the one shown emerging here. Biomedical Image Awards 1998.

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