| internal limiting membrane | Formed by the expanded inner ends of Muller's fibres, outer limiting membrane, not a membrane but a row of junctional complexes. Synonym: membrana limitans. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| limiting angle | The angle of incidence at which a ray of light, in passing between two media, changes from refraction to total reflection. Synonym: limiting angle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| limiting factor | Environmental factor that limits the growth or activities of an organism or that restricts the size of a population or its geographical range. (09 Oct 1997) |
| limiting layers of cornea | anterior limiting layer of cornea, posterior limiting layer of cornea |
| limiting membrane of retina | One of two layers of the retina: (05 Mar 2000) |
| limiting sulcus | The medial longitudinal groove on the inner surface of the neural tube separating the alar and basal plates. Synonym: sulcus limitans. (05 Mar 2000) |
| limiting sulcus of Reil | A saemicircular fissure demarcating the insula from the opercula above, below, and behind. Synonym: sulcus circularis insulae, circular sulcus of Reil, limiting sulcus of Reil. (05 Mar 2000) |
| limiting sulcus of rhomboid fossa | A lateral groove running the whole length of the floor of the rhomboid fossa on either side of the midline, representing the remains of the sulcus demarcating the alar (dorsal) from the basal (ventral) plate of the embryonic rhombencephalon. Synonym: sulcus limitans fossae rhomboideae. (05 Mar 2000) |