Outer limiting layer of retina
System
Sensory (Eye)
SNOMED CT
280676008
Outer limiting layer of retina
Definition
The row of jucntional complexes between the plasma membranes of rod segments and the Muller glia cells; this barrier separates the layer of inner and outer segments of the rods and cones from the outer nuclear layer and forms a blood-retina barrier[MP].
Also known as external limiting lamina of retina, external limiting membrane, external limiting membrane of retina, outer limiting membrane, outer limiting membrane of retina, retina external limiting lamina, retina outer limiting membrane, stratum limitans externum (retina), stratum limitans externum retinae — per UBERON
The Outer limiting layer of retina is a part of the Sensory (Eye).