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Question 8 / 19: Retinal detachment occurs because this region (arrow)

A. Is the site of fusion of the optic cup and optic vesicle.

B. Is poorly vascularized.

C. The pigment epithelium is part of the choroid and adheres to it.

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Explanation:

As the optic vesicle secondarily invaginates forming the optic cup the neurorecepter and pigment epithelial layers become apposed, but a potential space remains between the two. Retinal detachment occurs along this weak junction.

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Neuroanatomy 07 The Visual System

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M.D.Stephen VoronLecturer

University of Utah

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Attribution: Stephen C. Voron, M.D., Suzanne S. Stensaas, Ph.D. , Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Utah, School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah 84132, http://library.med.utah.edu/kw/hyperbrain

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