fovea in A Sentence

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    Intermediate AMD: extensive intermediate or one or more large drusen+/- GA not involving the Fovea.

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    It contains the Fovea, the area of your eye which produces the sharpest images of all.

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    Within the Fovea is a roughly circular avascular area, the Foveal avascular zone, which contains only cones.

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    When GA is bilateral and involves both Foveae, patients may complain of deterioration of central vision.

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    Acuity diminishes drastically outside the Fovea though and you can't really distinguish the words placed far away from the Fovea.

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    Acuity drops off pretty markedly outside the Fovea and you can't discriminate the words and text far from the Fovea.

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    The shape of your eye's lens and its ability to change shape, allows us to focus the light entering the eye, on the Fovea.

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    The eye is small and there is nystagmus in severe cases but, if the coloboma does not involve the Fovea, vision is unaffected unless retinal detachment occurs.

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    Photocoagulation of classic extraFoveal vessels(those not directly underneath the Fovea at the centre of the macula) can delay the loss of vision in a small number of patients.

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    Should you be born with an abnormally shaped lens or eyeball, or your lens loses its elasticity(as can happen with age), its ability to focus light on the Fovea is reduced.

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    The center of the macula is called the Fovea, and this tiny(0.3 mm diameter) area contains the highest concentration of cones in the retina and is responsible for our most acute color vision.

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    As we focus our vision on something specific, like the words you're reading now, the eye continually moves so it refracts the light coming from those words, directly on the Fovea, leaving you with a detailed image.

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