It's called the fovea.
The small depression of the retina at the back of the eye is called the fovea. It is responsible for sharp central vision and contains a high density of cones, which are responsible for color vision and detecting fine details.
The cones in the retina are primarily concentrated in the fovea, a small central pit in the macula region of the retina. This area is responsible for high-acuity vision and color perception, as cones are responsible for detecting light and color. The density of cones decreases significantly as you move away from the fovea toward the periphery of the retina.
The highest concentration of cones is in the macula. The fovea centralis, at the center of the macula, contains only cones and no rods. The macula is a small, yellowish central portion of the retina. It is about 5.5 mm in diamter and is the area providing the clearest vision.
The macula lutea is a small, oval-shaped yellow spot near the center of the retina in the eye. It contains a high concentration of cone cells that are responsible for producing detailed central vision. The macula lutea is essential for sharp and clear vision, especially for tasks like reading and recognizing faces.
The highest concentration of cones in the eye is found in the fovea centralis, which is a small, central pit in the retina. Cones are photoreceptor cells responsible for color vision and high visual acuity. The fovea centralis contains mostly cones and is crucial for detailed and color vision.
The innermost part of the eye is the retina, which contains photoreceptor cells (rods and cones) that detect light and convert it into neural signals. These signals are then transmitted to the brain via the optic nerve, enabling vision. The retina also includes layers of neurons that process visual information before it reaches the brain. Additionally, the macula, a small region within the retina, is responsible for sharp central vision.
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The retina in the back of your eye contains rods and cones. Rods allow us to differentiate between black and white, or light and dark. Cones allow us to distinguish between colors. The periphery of our vision is composed mainly of rods and the central part of out vision is composed mainly of cones. The fovea is a small indentation in the retina, directly in the center of our vision. It is composed of only densely packed cones. This is the reason why we often have a hard time seeing something in the dark unless we look slightly away from it.
The fovea is a small area in the retina that is densely packed with cones, which are photoreceptor cells that are responsible for color vision. The high concentration of cones in the fovea allows us to see colors with greater detail and clarity in the central part of our vision.
The part of the eye that responds to light by generating a small electrical signal is the retina,specifically the "rods" and "cones" ... the light-sensitive cells in the retina. In the languageof the analogy that compares the structure of the eye to the structure of a camera, the retinais the eye's "film" (or CCD).
The Retina is the innermost layer of the eye and the one that transforms the light energy into action potentials to be carried by nerves. There are two physiological subunits in the retina called Rods and Cones. The rods a more simplistic than the cones and they can only show a difference between a presence of lack of light, giving rise to the black and white vision. They are much more sensitive and thus more active in low light situations than the cones, this is why it is harder to see colour at night. The cones are the more complicated receptors and they are able to distinguish between the different frequencies of light giving rise to colour vision. The rods are spread fairly evenly around the retina whereas the cones a mostly concentrated in a small circle called the Fovea where the vision is sharpest. In truth there are cones all oever the eye but the fovea is the part that is really effective at colour vision. It should also be noted that a small disk called the Optic disk, where the optic nerve enters the eye, has no rods or cones and so creates a small blindspot. The eye has "cones" that allow you to see color. The eye also has "rods" that allow you to see more clearly in the dark and things on a gray scale. The amount, shape and usefulness of cones and rods depends on the individual. Some can see colors better than others, some can see in the dark better than others. This is also why not all colorblind people are colorblind in the same way.
The immature cones perform as flowers - I have seen conifers (firs and spruces) in a high wind with great yellow clouds of pollen blowing from them. When these small pollen producing cones are cross-pollinated they develop into cones which bear the seeds. As the cones ripen and spread open the seeds - each with its individual propellor like wing - pop and fly out.