Photoreceptor

Photoreceptor layer

Layer of rods and cones

Section of retina. (Layer of rods and cones labeled at right, second from the bottom.)

Plan of retinal neurons. (Layer of rods and cones labeled at left, at the bottom.)

Gray's subject #225 1017

Dorlands/Elsevier l_05/12481026

The elements composing the Layer of Rods and Cones (Jacob’s membrane) are of two kinds, rod cells and cone cells, the former being much more numerous than the latter except in the macula lutea.

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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