The practice of the anatomist himself dissecting the human body and demonstrating the details to the students was prevalent in the European universities during the Renaissance (Ghosh, 2015). The great Paduan anatomist, Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564) was a pioneer in this method of teaching as he displayed his exceptional dissection skills to the students during anatomical sessions (Goodrich, 1982...

Poorly recognized by anatomists and pathologists is the cone-shaped zone of Müller cells that composes the central and inner part of the fovea centralis. The importance of these cells in the structural integrity of the macula, as a repository for xanthophyll, and in the pathogenesis of macular diseases, particularly regarding idiopathic macular hole and foveomacular schisis, is hypothesized.