retinal neural layer

The part of the retina that contains neurons and photoreceptor cells[GO]. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the retinal neural layer is

The part of the retina that contains neurons and photoreceptor cells[GO]. The atlas records it as a nerve at the organ scale in the human body.

Where the retinal neural layer 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 retinal neural layer connects to

The atlas records 19 typed relationships for it, across 5 kinds of connection. a kind of anatomical structure and layer of retina.

Supply and innervation

This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the retinal neural layer. 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 neural layer of retina, neural retina, neuroretina, stratum nervosum (retina), stratum nervosum retinae and neural retinal epithelium. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0003902, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• A kind of: anatomical structure and layer of retina.
• Adjacent to: pigmented layer of retina.
• contains: ganglionic layer of retina, inner limiting layer of retina, inner nuclear layer of retina, inner plexiform layer of retina, nerve fiber layer of retina and outer limiting layer of retina, and 3 more.
• contributes to morphology of: ganglionic layer of retina, inner nuclear layer of retina, inner plexiform layer of retina, nerve fiber layer of retina, outer nuclear layer of retina and outer plexiform layer of retina.
• develops into: cranial nerve II.

Questions

Where is the retinal neural layer?

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 retinal neural layer connect to?

A kind of: anatomical structure and layer of retina.

Is the retinal neural layer 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.