The Inner Molecular Layer
is the fourth (4th) of the
layers forming the retina
of the human eye that light reaches after entering the eye: That is, after
light from outside the body enters the eye through it's main structures
of the cornea,
aqueous
humour, pupil,
lens,
etc..
The retina is composed of several layers which, together, form the "screen"
in the eye onto which an image of the area viewed by the eye is formed,
and information about that image is segmented into packets of information
that are passed to the visual cortex of the brain via the optic
nerve.
The Inner Molecular Layer consists of a dense network
of tiny fibres that connect and mesh together the dendrites of the ganglion
cells (that form the Ganglionic
Layer - layer 3) with the cells of the Inner
Nuclear Layer (layer 5) located immedately behind the Inner
Molecular Layer.
For more information about related subjects see:
*_ Structure
& Components of the Eye,
*_ Components
of the Central Nervous System,
*_ The
Pathway of a Nerve Impulse,
*_ Structures
and Functions of Neurones,
*_ Diseases
and Disorders of the Nervous System,
*_ Text
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