loading...| Preferred Name |
Macula Lutea |
| Synonyms |
Luteas, Macula |
| Definitions |
An oval area in the retina, 3 to 5 mm in diameter, 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 phototropic 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) |
| ID |
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D008266 |
| altLabel |
Luteas, Macula Macula Luteas Lutea, Macula |
| AN |
a depression on the retina; macular dis: coord IM with RETINAL DISEASES (IM) |
| AQL |
AB AH BS CH CY DE DG EM EN GD IM IN IR ME MI PA PH PP PS RE SU TR UL VI |
| cui |
C0450295 |
| DC |
1 |
| definition |
An oval area in the retina, 3 to 5 mm in diameter, 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 phototropic 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) |
| DX |
19660101 |
| Inverse of AQ |
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000737 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000201 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000503 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000187 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000002 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000528 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000166 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000294 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000254 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000821 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000382 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000601 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000648 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000276 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000502 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000637 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000293 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000098 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000196 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000033 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000378 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000000981 |
| Inverse of SIB |
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D001813 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D005654 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D055351 |
| Mapped from |
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/C535968 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/C537551 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/C535810 |
| MDA |
19990101 |
| MMR |
20040728 |
| MN |
A09.371.729.522 |
| notation |
D008266 |
| prefLabel |
Macula Lutea |
| TERMUI |
T024649 |
| TH |
NLM (1966) |
| tui |
T023 |
| subClassOf |