IEVref:
845-02-05
ID:
Language:
en
Status:
Obsolete
Term:
fovea
Synonym1:
fovea centralis
[
Preferred
]
Synonym2:
Synonym3:
Symbol:
Definition:
central part of the retina, thin and depressed, which contains almost exclusively cones and forming the site of most distinct vision
NOTE – The fovea subtends an angle of about 0.026 rad (1.5°) in the visual field.
Publication
date
:
1987
Source
Replaces:
Internal notes:
CO remarks:
TC/SC remarks:
VT remarks:
Domain1:
Domain2:
Domain3:
Domain4:
Domain5:
central part of the retina, thin and depressed, which contains almost exclusively cones and forming the site of most distinct vision