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fovea

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fovea [′fō·vē·ə]
(biology)
A small depression or pit.
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The owl monkey's nocturnal retina is also larger and lacks a fovea, the central region of high-density cone photoreceptors that gives the diurnal eye high acuity and daytime color vision.
Scientists shed new light into primate eye evolution by Asian News International
A preferred retinal locus is an eccentric retinal area that behaves as a pseudo fovea and is adopted by a person to see chosen objects, whereas a trained retinal locus is an eccentric retinal area that a clinician has determined to be the best position in which to train a person in eccentric viewing.
Eccentric viewing training in the home environment: can it improve ... by Vukicevic, Meri; Fitzmaurice, Kerry / Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness
The fovea centralis contains only cones and displays the greatest visual acuity and the cone:fibre convergence ratio is 1:1.
Stereology and some structural correlates of retinal and ... by Mayhew, Terry M. / Image Analysis and Stereology
 
 
 
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