Retinal Microscopy

[abartoloni]

Okay so in my AP Bio class we're presenting different genetic disorders and I chose color blindness. I thought it would be a cool idea to dissect an eyeball and take pictures of the retina under a microscope. It took a while to pry out the retina because it's so thin and delicate but I finally got it out and onto a slide. I was wondering if anyone could please tell me what exactly I found in the picture. I would greatly appreciate it if anyone knew the proper anatomy so that I could label it more efficiently. It's a sheep eyeball by the way if it makes any difference.

 

[John Cuthber]

It's traditional to give some indication of the magnification ( a scale bar is useful in cases like this where the size of the image will depend on whether I'm looking at it on my 'phone or my 50 inch plasma.

It's alo helpful to say what preparation you made to get the picture; is it stained, for example?

 

(Ok so I don't have a smart 'phone or a plasma screen- but the point is still valid).

 

For what it is worth, it looks a bit like the rods +cones in this picture

http://www.yorku.ca/eye/realreti.htm

 

It's also not clear from a quick bit of googling if sheep have the same photoreceptors as people.

[Xalatan]

Is this light microscopic photo or SEM? Kinda looks like sem from this view. Anatomically you may be looking at the innermost layer of the retina, which would be the ganglionic fibre layer.

[CharonY]

Considering that Op did not mention further sample prep, I think it is safe to assume that we have an optical microscope image.