Published: 07 February, 2025 | Volume 9 - Issue 1 | Pages: 013-023
Figure 7:
Fundus photograph of the right eye of a glaucomatous patient; in which a dark edge visible with the different wavelengths (orange arrow) can be seen, and which surrounds the optic nerve in its entirety. It can be said that it is melanin since it is perhaps the only known molecule that is recorded as dark in color when observed at different wavelengths, which is explained by the fact that it absorbs all the electromagnetic radiation of the visible spectrum. The name melanin comes from the Greek root melanos meaning dark.
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