Bergmeister's papilla

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• Bergmeister's papilla — Bergmeister’s papilla arises from the centre of the optic disc, consists of a small tuft of fibrous tissue and represents a remnant of the hyaloid artery. The hyaloid artery provides nutrition to the lens during development in the foetus, and… …   Wikipedia

• papilla — Any small, nipplelike process. SYN: teat (3). [L. a nipple, dim. of papula, a pimple] acoustic p. SYN: spiral organ. basilar p. the auditory sense organ of birds, amphibians, and reptiles; homologous to the …   Medical dictionary

• Bergmeister — O., Austrian ophthalmologist, 1845–1918. See B. papilla …   Medical dictionary

• papila de Bergmeister — Eng. Bergmeister s papilla Displasia retiniana en la que existe persistencia del sistema hialoideo embrionario cerca de la papila óptica …   Diccionario de oftalmología

• Bergmeister papilla — 1. a small mass of neuroglial cells in the center of the embryonic optic disk, surrounding the bulb of the hyaloid artery. a 2. congenital anomaly consisting of a glial veil attached to the anterior aspect of the optic disk, resulting from glial… …   Medical dictionary

• Hyaloid artery — Artery: Hyaloid artery The hyaloid artery is located on the gray band near the center of the image. Latin arteria hyaloidea …   Wikipedia

• membrane — 1. A thin sheet or layer of pliable tissue, serving as a covering or envelope of a part, as the lining of a cavity, as a partition or septum, or to connect two structures. SYN: membrana [TA]. 2. SYN: biomembrane. [L. membrana, a skin or m …   Medical dictionary