Retina ● Internal layer of the eye ● 10 distinct layers ○ Retinal pigment epithelium ■ Absorbs light ■ Support photoreceptors ○ Photoreceptor ■ outer /inner component of rods and cones ○ External limiting membrane ■ Not actually a membrane ■ Between Muller and photoreceptor ○ Outer nuclear layer ■ Cell bodies of rods and cones ○ Outer plexiform layer ■ Synapse of photoreceptor ■ Bipolar ■ Horizontal cells ○ Inner Nuclear layer ■ Bipolar cells ■ Horizontal ■ Amacrine/Muller cells ○ Inner plexiform layer ■ Synapses on bipolar cells-amacrine-ganglion ○ Ganglion cell layer ■ Cell bodies ○ Nerve fiber layer ■ Axons of ganglion cells ■ Converge forming optic nerve ○ Internal limiting membrane ■ Basal lamna ■ Retina and vitreous body is separated “Run Please! Every Optometrist Offers Incredible Information Giving Nice Insight!" ● Rods ○ ○ ○ ● Cones ○ ○ Periphery of retina Low light vision Detect movement Centrally in macular region Focused in Fovea ■ Center of Macula ■ Color perception ■ Details on image All signals are interconnected and sent to the optic nerve. Eye to posterior of the brain