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Inner limiting membrane

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Inner limiting membrane

Section of retina. (Membrana limitans interna labeled at right, at top.)

Plan of retinal neurons. (Membrana limitans interna labeled at left, at top.)

Latin membrana limitans interna

Gray's subject #225 1017

Dorlands/Elsevier l_05/12480635

The inner limiting membrane is the boundary between the retina and the vitreous body, formed by astrocytes and the end feet of Müller cells. It is separated from the vitreous humor by a basal lamina.

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cells	Photoreceptor cells (Cone cell, Rod cell) → (Horizontal cell) → Bipolar cell → (Amacrine cell) → Ganglion cell (Giant retinal ganglion cells, Photosensitive ganglion cell) Muller glia

layers	Inner limiting membrane - Nerve fiber layer - Ganglion cell layer - Inner plexiform layer - Inner nuclear layer Outer plexiform layer - Outer nuclear layer External limiting membrane - Layer of rods and cones - Retinal pigment epithelium