| brain concussion | Transient or prolonged unconsciousness with or without impairment of higher mental functions and/or brainstem functions, due to a violent blow to the head. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| concussion | <neurology> A more serious form of head injury that is characterised by one or more of the following features: loss of consciousness, amnesia, seizure or a change in mentation. See: brain contusion. (05 Jan 1998) |
| concussion cataract | Traumatic cataract occurring with or without a hole in the lens capsule. (05 Mar 2000) |
| concussion myelitis | Traumatic myelopathy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spinal concussion | Injury to the spinal cord due to a blow to the vertebral column with transient or prolonged dysfunction below the level of the lesion. Synonym: spinal concussion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spinal cord concussion | Injury to the spinal cord due to a blow to the vertebral column with transient or prolonged dysfunction below the level of the lesion. Synonym: spinal concussion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ganglion cells of retina | The nerve cell's of the retina whose central processes (fibres) form the optic nerve; their peripheral processes synapse with the bipolar cell's and through them with the rod and cone cell's; these cell bodies are round or flask-shaped and vary considerably in size. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ganglionic layer of retina | The intermediate layer of neurons in the retina composed largely of bipolar cells. Synonym: internal nuclear layer of retina, stratum ganglionare retinae, stratum nucleare internum retinae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial arteriole of retina | An arteriole supplying the part of the retina between the optic disk and the macula. Synonym: arteriola medialis retinae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medial venule of retina | The small vein that passes from the part of the retina between the macula and the optic disk to join the central vein. Synonym: venula medialis retinae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| central artery of retina | A branch of the ophthalmic artery which penetrates the optic nerve 1 cm behind the eye to enter the eye at the optic papilla in the retina; it divides into superior and inferior temporal and nasal branches. Synonym: arteria centralis retinae, arteria retinae centralis, Zinn's artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| central vein of retina | Formed by union of the retinal veins and accompanies the artery of the same name in the optic nerve. Synonym: vena centralis retinae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cerebral layer of retina | The internal layer of the retina containing the neural elements, as distinguished from the outer leaf of the retina, or pigmented layer. Synonym: pars optica retinae, neural layer of retina, optic part of retina, stratum cerebrale retinae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| retina | Light sensitive layer of the eye. In vertebrates, looking from outside, there are four major cell layers: (i) the outer neural retina, which contains neurons (ganglion cells, amacrine cells, bipolar cells) as well as blood vessels, (ii) the photoreceptor layer, a single layer of rods and cones, (iii) the pigmented retinal epithelium (PRE or RPE), (iv) the choroid, composed of connective tissue, fibroblasts and including a well vascularised layer, the chorio capillaris, underlying the basal lamina of the PRE. Behind the choroid is the sclera, a thick organ capsule. In molluscs (especially cephalopods such as the squid) the retina has the light sensitive cells as the outer layer with the neural and supporting tissues below. See: retinal rods, retinal cones, rhodopsin. (18 Nov 1997) |
| retina-specific amine oxidase | <enzyme> Genbank d88213 Registry number: EC 1.4.- Synonym: rao enzyme, human (26 Jun 1999) |