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show monolayer of polarized CUBOIDAL epithelial cells. it separates the photoreceptors from their blood supply (choroidal vasculature)  
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show 1.ABSORPTION of stray light to enhance visual acuity 2.PROTECTION against toxic and oxidative damage 3.FORMATION of the blood- retina- barrier 4.SELECTIVE TRANSPORT of substances to/from neural retina 5.ELIMINATION of metabolic waste 6. PROCESSING of vit  
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show 4 to 6 million cells in a hexagonal pattern  
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show GREATEST: fovea LOWEST: periphery  
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show they face ~30-40 photoreceptors. PHAGOCYTIZE shed discs of photoreceptor outer segments on a daily basis  
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show pigmented epithelium of the ciliary body  
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How are the neural retina and RPE arranged?   show
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show potential space seaparating the RPE from photoreceptor  
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show APEX: inward (towards vitreous) BASAL: faces outward (towards schlera)  
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show inner most layer of Bruch's membrane of choroid  
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show extends numerous microvilli into the space between RPE from photoreceptors (subretinal space) that interlock with the rod outer segments  
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show located between the apical membrane and photoreceptors. it keeps the APICAL MICROVILLI and PHOTORECEPTOR OUTER SEGMENTS bound together, but no junctional attachments occur. it also exchanges metabolites and interactions between the photoreceptors and RPE  
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show they phagocytize the discs of the photoreceptor outer segments and can be seen in the cytoplasm of the RPE as phagosomes  
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show they are gradually digested by intracellular enxymes and their end products are 1. deposited on Bruch's membrane (drusen) or 2. stay within the cell as lipofuscin grandues  
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show increase  
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show RODS: early morning CONES: end of the day  
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show once every 8-13 days  
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show in the APICAL membrane: NA-K-ATPase. but other transport epithelia have this system in the basolateral PM. this system helps regulate fluid fluzes that contribute to the adhesion of neurosensory retina to the RPE  
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show zonular occluden is more apical in this membrane. it is the junction that destroys the space between adjacent RPE cells that form blood- retina- barriers.  
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What is special about the basal membrane of the RPE?   show
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Where does drusen deposit?   show
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The deposits of metabolic waste on Bruch's membrane make it?   show
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