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Definition of Fovea centralis
1. Noun. Area consisting of a small depression in the retina containing cones and where vision is most acute.
Medical Definition of Fovea centralis
1. A tiny spot located in the macula that is the area of clearest vision on the retina. (27 Sep 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fovea Centralis
Literary usage of Fovea centralis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1867)
"Mr. Hulke on tlie Anatomy oj the fovea centralis. ... The fovea centralis is a
minute circular pit in the inner surface of the retina, made by the radial ..."
2. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1900)
"So that the macula presents a central depression, about '3 mm. in diameter, the
fovea centralis, surrounded by a raised rim. A vertical section through the ..."
3. A Text book of physiology by Michael Foster (1894)
"In the fovea centralis our power of thus distinguishing sensations is at its
maximum ; in the outer parts of the yellow spot around the fovea it is less ..."
4. Handbook of Physiology by William Dobinson Halliburton (1913)
"... a, the outer or posterior part containing scarcely , any pigment, x 870.
(Henle.) Fio. 518.—Diagram of a section through half the fovea centralis. ..."
5. Journal of Anatomy and Physiology (1868)
"fovea centralis IN THE EYE OF THE FISH1. I know not whether such good ...
The fovea centralis has not, I believe, been hitherto observed in the eye of the ..."
6. The student's guide to diseases of the eye by Edward Nettleship (1882)
"The minute dot is the fovea centralis, the thinnest part of the retina.
The neighbourhood of the disc and ys form the central region of the fundus. ..."
7. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1897)
"In the fovea centralis ganglion cells are practically absent. ... Above and below
the fovea centralis, in the vertical meridian, the ganglion- cell layer ..."
8. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1898)
"In the fovea centralis ganglion cells are practically absent. ... Above and below
the fovea centralis, in the vertical meridian, the ganglion- cell layer ..."
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