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CHAPTER 4 ▼ Retina 67

Internal

limiting membranę

FIGURĘ 4-11

Retinal cells and synapses. The 10 retinal layers are indicated.

in the photoreceptor layer, whereas the basal aspect is at me inner retinal surface. Cellular processes form a reńculum among the retinal celi bodies and fili in most :: the space of the retina not occupied by neuronal -ilements (Figurę 4-12). Muller cells ensheathe dendritic processes within the synaptic layers, providing insulation from electrical and Chemical activation, and their processes cover most ganglion axons.⁶⁵

The neuronal celi bodies and their processes appear to reside in tunnels within the Muller celi.⁵¹ Delicate apical villi, fiber baskets (of Schultze), terminate between the inner segments of the photoreceptors.^1,28