Xenbase Image ID: 158611

High magnification image of the Xenopus laevis retina. The outer choroid layer is pigmented vascular layer. The choriocapillaris is a capillary layer in the chord and is in direct contact with the basal surface of the retinal pigmented epithelium (RPE). It supplies the photoreceptors with oxygen and nutrients. The fused basement membrane of the choriocapillaris and the RPE is termed Bruch's membrane (*). The RPE cells phagocytize distal photoreceptor outer segments that are shed under a cyclic rhythm. Image from AF Wiechmann and CR Wirsig (2003) "Color Atlas of Xenopus laevis Histology", (page 128, Chapter 10 , Cranial Structures: Figure 70). Copyright 2003. Kluwer Academic Publishers. Reproduced with kind permission from Springer Science & Business Media B.V. Image published in: Color Atlas of Xenopus laevis Histology Larger Image Printer Friendly View

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