fovea centralis

[ sen-trey-lis ]

noun

, Ophthalmology.

1. a small pit or depression at the back of the retina forming the point of sharpest vision.

fovea centralis

/ sɛnˈtrɑːlɪs /

noun

1. a small depression in the centre of the retina that contains only cone cells and is therefore the area of sharpest vision

Word History and Origins

Origin of fovea centralis¹

1855–60; < New Latin: central fovea

Word History and Origins

Origin of fovea centralis¹

C19: from New Latin: central fovea

Example Sentences

The fovea centralis of the human retina is the seat of most acute vision, and in the fovea centralis there are no rods.

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This central part is called the fovea centralis and is the point of acutest vision.

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In the fovea centralis—the point of the retina on the optical axis of the eye—is a slight depression much thinner than the remainder of the retina and this is inhabited chiefly by cones.

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It is exactly that line which joins the point fixed with the centre of the fovea centralis.

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Therefore the area in the squinting eye that corresponds to the fovea centralis of the fixing eye must be more extensive in the horizontal than in the vertical direction.

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