Fovea/Macula?!


Question: Does anyone know what the differences are between the roles of the Fovea and that of the Macula?

are they one in the same or what?

I am a little confused...


Answers: Does anyone know what the differences are between the roles of the Fovea and that of the Macula?

are they one in the same or what?

I am a little confused...

They are different. The fovea is in the very center of the Macula. The macula is the avascular zone just temporal to the optic nerve head. Your question is similar to asking what the difference between a bulb and a headlight. The fovea is the tiny dimple in the center of the macula. when light hits it it has a white dot called the foveal light reflex. The fovea is responsible for your color vision and the fine details you can see. Only with a healthy fovea can you see 20/20. (To confuse things even more, the small area just around the fovea is called the foveola) The macula is still important for seeing color and detail but is mostly just an anatomical decription of the retina (like a bald spot). Macular degeneration affects the macula but is most debilitating when it disrupts the fovea.

fovea is a small depression,especialy the shalow pit in the retina at the back of eye,,it contains a large no of cons..,,macula is a small anatomical area tat is distinguishable from the surrounding tissue,

There are different conventions in using these terms. There are anatomical fovea and macula. And there are clinical fovea and macula. So it depends on whether you are describing a clinical problem or an anatomical one. Get an eye anatomy book... then get a retinal disease book. You'll see the difference.

Fovea to macula is the same as the capital to the country.





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