part of part of adjacent to adjacent to contributes to morphology of composed primarily of retinal ganglion cell Homo sapiens layer of retina ganglionic layer of retina http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/Gray881.png FMA:58687 BTO:0003398 NCIT:C32652 ZFA:0000024 (...) an essentially similar sequence of events occurs during the embryonic development of the vertebrate eye. The eye initially develops as a single median evagination of the diencephalon that soon bifurcates to form the paired optic vesicles. As each optic vesicle grows towards the body surface, its proximal part narrows as the optic stalk, and its distal part invaginates to form a two-layered optic cup. (...) The outer layer of the optic cup becomes the pigment layer of the retina, whereas the inner layer differentiates into the photoreceptive cells and neuronal layers of the retina.[well established][VHOG] NIFSTD class appears to be retired in nlx[http://neurolex.org/wiki/Nlx_anat_1005030] retina, ganglion cell layer NLXANAT:1005030 Wikipedia:Ganglion_cell_layer CALOHA:TS-0867 SCTID:280670002 Cytoarchitectural layer of retina that contains somata of retinal ganglion cells, bounded by the stratum opticum and the inner plexiform layer. retinal ganglion layer GCL layer stratum ganglionicum (retina) MA:0001310 retinal ganglion cell layer EMAPA:35739 ganglion cell layer retina ganglion cell layer ganglionic cell layer of retina NLX:36500 a layer of the retina that consists of retinal ganglion cells[WP]. innermost nuclear layer of the retina, which contains neurons that project axons through the optic nerve to the brain[Wikipedia:Ganglion_cell_layer]. TAO:0000024 stratum ganglionicum retinae UBERON:0001792 RGC layer retina ganglion layer XAO:0003223 BAMS:Rgcl VHOG:0001166 nerve fiber layer of retina retinal neural layer