Fundus (eye)
Concave interior of the eye
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::summary Concave interior of the eye ::
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| Name | Fundus |
| Image | Fundus of eye normal.jpg |
| Caption | Fundus of human eye |
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| direction = horizontal | width = 200 | footer = Fundus photographs of the right eye (left image) and left eye (right image), as seen from the front (as if face to face with the viewer).
Each fundus has no sign of disease or pathology. The gaze is into the camera, so in each picture the macula is in the center of the image, and the optic disc is located towards the nose. Both optic discs have some pigmentation at the perimeter of the lateral side, which is considered non-pathological. The left image (right eye) shows lighter areas close to larger vessels, which has been regarded as a normal finding in younger people. | image1 = Fundus photograph of normal right eye.jpg | alt1 = | caption1 = | image2 = Fundus photograph of normal left eye.jpg | alt2 = | caption2 = }} ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Retinography.jpg" caption="artifact]]."] ::
The fundus of the eye is the interior surface of the eye opposite the lens and includes the retina, optic disc, macula, fovea, and posterior pole. The fundus can be examined by ophthalmoscopy and/or fundus photography.
Variation
The color of the fundus varies both between and within species. In one study{{cite journal | author = Wolin LR, Massopust LC | title = Characteristics of the ocular fundus in primates | journal = J. Anat. | volume = 101 | issue = Pt 4 | pages = 693–9 |date=September 1967 | pmid = 6059819 | pmc = 1270903 | doi = | url =
Clinical significance
Medical signs that can be detected from observation of eye fundus (generally by funduscopy) include hemorrhages, exudates, cotton wool spots, blood vessel abnormalities (tortuosity, pulsation and new vessels) and pigmentation. Arteriolar constriction, seen as "silver wiring", and vascular tortuosities are seen in hypertensive retinopathy.
The eye's fundus is the only part of the human body where the microcirculation can be observed directly. The diameter of the blood vessels around the optic disc is about 150 μm, and an ophthalmoscope allows observation of blood vessels with diameters as small as 10 μm.
References
References
- Cassin, B. and Solomon, S. ''Dictionary of Eye Terminology''. Gainesville, Florida: Triad Publishing Company, 1990.
- Imran Akram, Adrian Rubinstein "Common retinal signs. An overview", "Optometry Today", 28/01/05, [http://www.optometry.co.uk/articles/docs/593ac1e49d38289455884daf322c2506_akram20050127.pdf] {{Webarchive. link. (2008-09-10)
- Ronald Pitts Crick, Peng Tee Khaw, ''A Textbook of Clinical Ophthalmology: A Practical Guide to Disorders of the Eyes and Their Management'', 3rd edition, World Scientific, 2003, {{ISBN. 981-238-128-7
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