Distribution of Cones and Rods Across The Retina


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There are no receptors in the blind spot which is that section of the retina where the axons of the ganglion cells exit the retina and proceed up to the LGN.  The maximum number of cone receptors are in the fovea centralis (zero degrees) and the maximum density of rods are about 15 degrees both temporal and nasal.

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