Inner plexiform layer

{{Short description|Area of the retina}}

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| Name = Inner plexiform layer

| Latin = stratum plexiforme internum retinae

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| Caption = Section of retina. (Inner plexiform layer labeled at right, fourth from the top.)

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| Caption2 = Plan of retinal neurons. (Inner plexiform layer labeled at left, fifth from the top.)

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The inner plexiform layer is an area of the retina that is made up of a dense reticulum of fibrils formed by interlaced dendrites of retinal ganglion cells and cells of the inner nuclear layer. Within this reticulum a few branched spongioblasts are sometimes embedded.{{cite book | last =Nolte | first =John | title =The Human Brain: An Introduction to Its Functional Anatomy. 5th ed | publisher = Mosby | year =2002 | location =St. Louis | pages =416–7 | isbn = 0-323-01320-1}}