XB-IMG-158610
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High magnification image of the retina. The retina is a layered structure. The photoreceptors respond to photons of light that pass through the retina, and the neural signal is transmitted through the retinal layers to the ganglion cells. There are both rod and cone photoreceptors in the Xenopus retina, and the distal portions of the rod outer segments are intimately associated with the apical microvilli of the pigment epithelium.
Image from AF Wiechmann and CR Wirsig (2003) "Color Atlas of Xenopus laevis Histology", (page 127, Chapter 10 , Cranial Structures: Figure 69). Copyright 2003. Kluwer Academic Publishers. Reproduced with kind permission from Springer Science & Business Media B.V. Image published in: Color Atlas of Xenopus laevis Histology Larger Image Printer Friendly View |