retina

A delicate, multilayered, light-sensitive membrane lining the inner eyeball and connected by the optic nerve to the brain.

The innermost and chiefly nervous coat of the posterior part of the eyeball, between the choroid coat and the vitreous humor.

The delicate membrane by which the back part of the globe of the eye is lined, and in which the fibers of the optic nerve terminate. See eye.

The thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball where light is converted into neural signals sent to the brain.

the innermost light-sensitive membrane covering the back wall of the eyeball; it is continuous with the optic nerve