Retina

Question 1

What are the ten layers of the retina, from interior to exterior?

Answer 1

Internal limiting membrane
Nerve fiber layer
Galnglion cell layer
Inner plexiform layer
Inner nuclear layer
Outer plexiform layer
Outer nuclear layer
External limiting membrane
Photorecptors
RPE

Question 2

What is found in the outer nuclear layer?

Answer 2

Rod and cone cell bodies

Question 3

Which cell body and nucleus is larger: rod or cone?

Answer 3

Cone

Question 4

What is found in the outer plexiform layer?

Answer 4

Synapses between PRs and cells of the inner nuclear layer

Question 5

What is found in the inner nuclear layer?

Answer 5

Cell bodies of horizontal cells, bipolar cells, amacrine cells, Muller cells, and interplexiform neurons

Question 6

What is found in the inner plexiform layer?

Answer 6

Synapses between bipolar cell axons and ganglion cell dendrites

Question 7

How thick is the ganglion cell layer near the macular?

Answer 7

8 cells thick

Question 8

How thick is the ganglion cell layer everywhere except the macula?

Answer 8

1 cell thick

Question 9

What makes up the NFL?

Answer 9

Ganglion cell axons

Question 10

Flame shaped hemes are indicative of a bleed at which layer of the retina?

Answer 10

NFL - blood pools between the nerve fibers

Question 11

Dot or blot hemes occur in which layer of the retina?

Answer 11

Inner nuclear layer

Question 12

Which part of the retina causes a sheen when viewed in younger patients?

Answer 12

Inner limiting membrane