Q. Fovea in the eye is a central pit in the yellowish pigmented spot called

A) Blind spot
B) Retina
C) Cornea
D) Macula lutea
Explanation

The retina is the neural and sensory layer of the eye ball. A small oval, yellowish area of the retina lying exactly opposite to the centre of cornea and named macula lutea or yellow spot which has at its middle a shallow depression, the fovea centralis, which has only cone cells.

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