Definitions for "Fovea centralis"
Keywords:  macula, retina, cone, acuity, vision
L. = central depression; pit in retina which is site of maximum acuity.
fovea; a small shallow depression or pit at the center of the macula, caused by an almost complete absence of inner retinal layers, containing only cones (and no rods) and which affords the most acute vision
(FO-vee-aw cehn-TRAWL-ihs) The region of the retina that consists of cone cells but no rod cells, it is the area of highest visual acuity (sharpness of vision).