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Webster 1913 Edition

Retina

Ret′i-na

,
Noun.
[NL., from L.
rete
a net. Cf.
Reticule
.]
(Anat.)
The delicate membrane by which the back part of the globe of the eye is lined, and in which the fibers of the optic nerve terminate. See
Eye
.
☞ The fibers of the optic nerve and the retinal blood vessels spread out upon the front surface of the retina, while the sensory layer (called Jacob’s membrane), containing the rods and cones, is on the back side, next the choroid coat.

Webster 1828 Edition

Retina

RET'INA

,
Noun.
[L. from rete, a net.] In anatomy, one of the coats of the eye, being an expansion of the optic nerve over the bottom of the eye, where the sense of vision is first received.

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