ganglionic layer of retina

Cytoarchitectural layer of retina that contains somata of retinal ganglion cells, bounded by the stratum opticum and the inner plexiform layer. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the ganglionic layer of retina is

Cytoarchitectural layer of retina that contains somata of retinal ganglion cells, bounded by the stratum opticum and the inner plexiform layer. The atlas records it as a nerve at the organ scale in the human body.

Where the ganglionic layer of retina is

It sits in the head, within the nervous and sensory systems. Not positioned individually, and containment is not asserted either. Drawn near structures of the same kind, which is a weak claim about location.

What the ganglionic layer of retina connects to

The atlas records 5 typed relationships for it, across 4 kinds of connection. part of retinal neural layer.

Supply and innervation

This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the ganglionic layer of retina. Only a minority of structures carry those edges here, so an empty answer means nothing has been recorded — not that there is nothing to record.

Also called

Also recorded as ganglion cell layer, GCL layer, RGC layer, ganglionic cell layer of retina, retina ganglion cell layer and retina ganglion layer, and 5 more. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0001792, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• Part of: retinal neural layer.
• A kind of: layer of retina.
• Adjacent to: nerve fiber layer of retina and inner plexiform layer of retina.
• contributes to morphology of: retinal neural layer.

Questions

Where is the ganglionic layer of retina?

It sits in the head, within the nervous and sensory systems. Not positioned individually, and containment is not asserted either. Drawn near structures of the same kind, which is a weak claim about location.

What does the ganglionic layer of retina connect to?

Part of: retinal neural layer.

Is the ganglionic layer of retina the same in other species?

Leumas holds the same relationship vocabulary for every species it carries, so where another dataset records this structure you can put the two side by side on /compare.