The following structures are identified:

1. Basement membrane at the borderline of the vitreous body (Vi) and the retina
2. Layer of optic nerve fibres seen here in longitudinal sections
3. Thick layer of ganglion cells
4. Inner plexiform layer
5. Inner nuclear layer
6. Outer plexiform layer
7. Outer nuclear layer
8. Layer of rods and cones

The pigmented cell layer of the retina, artificially detached from the rods and cones, is not present in this field.

Stain: H–­­E
Magnification: ×350