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CROSS-SPECIES ANATOMY - ANNOTATIONS

The Basic subset of the UBERON integrated, cross-species anatomy ontology is downloaded weekly from http://berkeleybop.org/ontologies/uberon/basic.obo. For more information about this ontology see the "About" page on the UBERON website at http://uberon.github.io/about.html.

Term:macula lutea
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Definition:An oval area in the retina, usually located temporal to the posterior pole of the eye and slightly below the level of the optic disk. It is characterized by the presence of a yellow pigment diffusely permeating the inner layers, contains the fovea centralis in its center, and provides the best phototopic visual acuity. It is devoid of retinal blood vessels, except in its periphery, and receives nourishment from the choriocapillaris of the choroid. (From Cline et al., Dictionary of Visual Science, 4th ed).
Synonyms:related_synonym: macula;   macula flava retinae;   macula retinae;   maculae
 xref: BTO:0003015;   EMAPA:36516;   EV:0100349;   FMA:58637;   GAID:909;   MA:0001306;   MESH:D008266;   NCI:C26464;   NCI:C33044;   SCTID:362517001;   UMLS:C0450295;   UMLS:C1284755;   Wikipedia:Macula_of_retina;   birnlex:2540



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  UBERON ontology 0
    anatomical entity 0
      material anatomical entity 0
        anatomical structure 0
          ectoderm-derived structure 0
            macula lutea 0
              fovea centralis + 0
              macula lutea proper 0
              parafoveal part of retina 0
              perifoveal part of retina 0
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  UBERON ontology 0
    anatomical entity 0
      material anatomical entity 0
        anatomical structure 0
          multicellular anatomical structure 0
            multicellular organism 0
              embryo 0
                embryonic structure 0
                  epiblast (generic) 0
                    germ layer / neural crest 0
                      germ layer 0
                        ectoderm 0
                          ectoderm-derived structure 0
                            neurectoderm 0
                              presumptive neural plate 0
                                neural plate 0
                                  pre-chordal neural plate 0
                                    eye primordium 0
                                      immature eye 0
                                        optic vesicle 0
                                          optic cup 0
                                            camera-type eye 0
                                              eyeball of camera-type eye 0
                                                posterior segment of eyeball 0
                                                  retina 0
                                                    macula lutea 0
                                                      fovea centralis + 0
                                                      macula lutea proper 0
                                                      parafoveal part of retina 0
                                                      perifoveal part of retina 0
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