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  • Cytomegalovirus retinitis

    The most common eye infection in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. This opportunistic infection is responsible for visual impairment and blindness if left untreated.  

  • Circumpapillar retinitis

    Retinitis marked by a proliferation of the outer layers of retina about the optic disk.  

  • Actinic retinitis

    Retinitis caused by exposure to intense light or other radiant energy.  

  • Retinal isomerase

    The enzyme in rods and cones that converts trarns-retinal to cis-retinal, which then combines with the opsin present to form a photopigment responsive to light.  

  • Retinal correspondence

    A condition in which simultaneous stimulation of points in the retina of each eye results in formation of a single visual sensation. These points, called corresponding points, lie in the foveae of the two retinas, or in the nasal half of one retina and the temporal half of the other. Abnormal correspondence results in double…

  • Retinal break

    break in the continuity of the retina, usually caused by trauma to the eye. Detachment of the retina may follow the appearance of the break.  

  • Peroneal retinaculum

    One of two fibrous bands on the lateral side of the foot that contains the tendons of the peroneus longus and brevis muscles. The superior peroneal retinaculum extends from the lateral malleolus to the lateral surface of the calcaneus; the inferior peroneal retinaculum is attached below to the calcaneus and above to the lower border…

  • Patellar retinaculum

    One of two fibrous bands (medial and lateral) lying on either side of the knee joint and forming part of the joint capsule. These bands are extensions of the insertions of the medial and lateral vastus muscles of the thigh.    

  • Retinaculum mammae

    Strands of connective tissue in the mammary gland extending from glandular tissue through fat toward the skin, where they are attached to the dermis. Over the cephalic portion of the mammae, they are well developed and are called suspensory ligaments of Cooper.  

  • Retinaculum of hip joint

    Any of three flat bands lying along the neck of the femur and continuous with the capsule of the hip joint.  

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