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INDEX AND GLOSSARY 



refraaive errors: astigmatism, hypermetropia, 

 myopia, qq.y. 

 amphibious vision and, 430, 669 

 of seals, meaning of, 447-448 

 Reighard, 473, 476, 484 

 reindeer 



lid movements of, 425 

 nictitating membrane of, 427 

 relief, perception of (= stereopsis, q.v.), 



idea vs measurement of, 315 

 reniform : kidney-shaped 

 reptate: to creep or crawl without benefit of 

 legs, or with the belly in contact 

 with the substrate 

 Reptilia, 134, 138, 607-640 (see sub-indices 

 on pp. 607, 608, 613, 616, 622) 

 general ocular pattern of, 607-608, 671 

 comparison with mammals, 663, 666, 

 669, 671, 674-675, 680-681, 686 

 departures from, 622 

 perpetuated in birds, 622, 641 

 perpetuated in mammals, 686 

 visual fields in, 294 (Table IX) 

 resolution, resolving power (see visual acuity) 

 rete mirabile, 574* 



retina (see also area centralis, fovea, sum- 

 mation, pars, visual cells) 

 A and B (of lampreys), 117-118 

 accessory, of tubular eye, 257, 400-401 

 acidulation of, 102 

 amacrine cells of, 43, 49*, 660 

 ancestry of, 128-129 



bipolar cells of, 43, 46* (and see sum- 

 mation) 

 circles of innervation in, 350* 

 circulation of, 204, 231, 262, 406, 410, 

 654, 670, 672, 684 (and consult 

 648-659) 

 in area centralis, 182, 204, 654 

 development of, 112-113 

 conneaions to brain of, 319-338, 335 

 corresponding points of, 317*-318, 322, 

 degeneration of, 228 [329-331 



detachment of, 646 

 development of, 107-109, 560 

 in diurnal animals, 175-178, 177 

 external limiting membrane of, 43-44, 45* 

 ganglion cells of, 43, 47*-48 (and see 



summation) 

 horizontal cells of, 43, 49* 

 inner nuclear layer of, 43, 46-47 



lack of, 572 

 invisible raphe of, 319 

 laminal purity of, 585* 

 taxohomically: 

 teleosts, 585 

 chelonians, 611-612 

 lizards, 625 



birds, 625, 659-660, 684 



mammals, 43, 684-685 

 Mailer fibers of, 43, 48*, 572, 603, 620, 

 nerve-fiber layer of, 43 [660 



medullated band in, 684 

 neuroglia of, 48-49 

 in nocturnal animals, 177, 215-217 

 nutrition of, 50-51, 583, 603, 615, 625, 



635, 648-659, 672 

 outer nuclear layer of, 43, 46* 

 periphery vs center of, 352-356 

 photo-electric phenomena of, 78-79, 101, 



489-492, 500, 521 

 photomechanical changes of, 145-163, 

 146-148, 166, 238, 265, 437, 

 585, 606, 626 



acid and, 151 



adrenalin and, 151, 478 



distribution of, 150 (Table II) 



wavelength and, 480 

 pigment epithelium of, 42, 43-44 



oil-droplets in, 572-573 



unusual pigmentations of, 228, 244, 

 478, 568, 572, 659, 672, 684 

 plexiform layers of, 43, 47*, 660 

 polarization of, 531-532 

 pure-rod, 216 

 pupillomotor area of, 185 

 ramp arrangement of, 255 

 refractive index of, 183-184 

 regeneration of, 109, 692 (entry for p. 

 thickness of, 585 [109) 



taxonomically: 

 lampreys, 117-118, 177, 184, 518, 



559-562 

 elasmobranchs, 568, 692 (entry for p. 

 568) 



deep-sea, 399-400, 568 

 sturgeons, 242, 572 

 holosteans, 576 

 teleosts, 433-435, 583-588, 659 



deep-sea, 257, 396, 399-400, 401 



eels, life-cycle and, 405-407 

 cladistians, 589, 692 (entry for p. 589) 

 dipnoans, 590-591 



amphibians, 148, 161, 598-600, 603, 606 

 chelonians, 161, 437, 611-612 

 crocodilians, 162, 615-616 

 Sphenodon, 189, 620-621 

 lizards, 161-162, 611, 620-621, 625-627 

 snakes, 166, 634-640, 636, 638 

 birds, 162, 646, 659-662, 660 

 monotremes, 669-671 

 marsupials, 672, 674-675 

 placentals, 684-689 



sirenians, 409-410 



seals, 446-448 



man, 43-44, 684, 689 



