Eye & Blind Spot: Is it Median or Lateral?

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The discussion centers on the anatomical positioning of the blind spot relative to the fovea and the posterior pole of the retina. It questions the accuracy of common references that describe the blind spot as median and lateral to the fovea. The argument posits that since the fovea is located at the posterior pole, the blind spot cannot be median. Additionally, there is clarification that the blind spot is physically medial to the fovea, but due to the inversion of the image on the retina caused by the cornea and lens, it appears lateral in processed visual perception. The conversation highlights the complexities of visual processing and the anatomical relationships within the eye.
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most books I've referred state that the blind spot is median and lateral to the fovea...isn't this wrong?
the fovea is the posterior pole itself then the blind spot can't be median ..
and also is the blind spot a bit above or a bit below the posterior pole??
 
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Recall that the actual image formed on the retina is inverted. The visual cortex "processes" that image as far as "erecting" it.
 
Physically, the blind spot is medial to the fovea but the image reversal caused by cornea and lens makes it appear lateral to the fovea then.
 
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