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Inner plexiform layer

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Inner plexiform layer
Section of retina. (Inner plexiform layer labeled at right, fourth from the top.)
Plan of retinal neurons. (Inner plexiform layer labeled at left, fifth from the top.)
Identifiers
TA98A15.2.04.015
FMA58704
Anatomical terminology

The inner plexiform layer is made up of a dense reticulum of minute fibrils formed by the interlacement of the dendrites of the ganglion cells with those of the cells of the inner nuclear layer; within this reticulum a few branched spongioblasts are sometimes imbedded.

Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 1016 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)