Category: M

Surgery involving movement of a flap of retina containing the fovea to an area of healthy retinal pigment. It is performed experimentally to treat age-related macular degeneration.  

A wrinkling and eventual scarring of the retina in the macular area, resulting in visual distortion.  

A tear or discontinuity in the central portion of the retina, resulting in central visual loss.  

The site of the hair cells in the utricule; receptors stimulated by the pull of gravity. These cells generate impulses carried by the vestibular branch of the acoustic nerve.  

The site of the hair cells in the saccule; receptors stimulated by the pull of gravity. These cells generate impulses carried by the vestibular branch of the acoustic nerve.  

An oval, light pink area in the center of the retina (and to the temporal side of the optic disk) containing the fovea, the place of highest visual acuity.  

A red spot at the orifice of Bartholin’s gland; seen in gonococcal vulvitis.  

The point on the ovarian follicle where it ruptures.  

A small yellow spot at the ventral end of each vocal cord formed by a small mass of elastic tissue or, sometimes, cartilage.  

A group of cells in the wall of the distal renal tubule, next to the juxtaglomerular cells, that are sensitive to changes in the salt concentration of the filtrate in the tubule.