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• external limiting membrane — 1. a thin fenestrated layer of the stratum nervosum retinae adjacent to the outer nuclear layer and through which extend the visual rods and cones. Called also outer limiting m., external or outer limiting layer, and, in official terminology,… …   Medical dictionary

• scratch the surface — {v. phr.} To learn or understand very little about something. Usually used with a limiting adverb (as only , hardly ). * /We thought we understood Africa but when we made a trip there we found we had only scratched the surface./ * /High school… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• scratch the surface — {v. phr.} To learn or understand very little about something. Usually used with a limiting adverb (as only , hardly ). * /We thought we understood Africa but when we made a trip there we found we had only scratched the surface./ * /High school… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• internal limiting membrane — 1. the basal lamina of the MÑŒller fibers in the retina; it is the layer of the stratum nervosum retinae located just internal to the nerve fiber layer and separates the inner, conical ends of the cells from the vitreous body. Called also inner… …   Medical dictionary