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5) Eye
a. Optic Cup
Retina thick inney layer; differentiates into:
Layer of Ganglion Cells innermost sublayer; axons here form the optic nerve
(optic chiasma part of diencephalon where optic nerves cross)
Layer of Bipolar Neurons middle layer; will synapse the receptor and the
ganglion cells
Rods & Cones outermost; where photoreceptoral process is formed
Pigmented Epithelium outer wall of optic cup; formed from medial half of optic
vesicle; forms iris
b. Lens spherical body; partly enclosed by optic cup; formed by thickenings of inner wall of
lens vesicle
Lens Epithelium single layer of cells; outer
Lens Fibers columnar cells @ core of lens; later becomes long fibers arranged
in layers
c. Cornea superficial eye covering
- formed by assembly of ectodermal and mesodermal cells between ectoderm and lens
d. Choroid & Sclera outer investments of optic cup; mesodermal cells aggregating outside
the pigmented epithelium
8) Ganglia
a. Facial Ganglion (VII) / Geniculate Ganglion large mass of nerve cell bodies anterior to
auditory ganglion
- acoustico-facialis ganglion (fused facial and auditory ganglia)
b. Trigeminal Ganglion (V) larger mass of nerve cell bodies
- anterior and dorsal to acoustic-facialis ganglion
c. Glossopharyngeal Ganglion (IX) mass of nerve cell bodies
- below each auditory vesicle
9) Operculum external wall of opercular cavity
10) Metencephalon anterior subdivision of rhombencephalon
- lies behind optic lobes, medial to V ganglion