If the receptors were at the front of the retina, the pigment cells would have to be between them and the next layer of nerve cells, in a region already packed with axons, dendrites, and synapses. As it is, the layers in front of the receptors are fairly transparent and probably do not blur the image much.
The definition of impervious is not being able to be penetrated or not able to be hurt. 1  An example of impervious is a fabric that does not allow any liquid to pass through. 2  An example of impervious is a figurine made out of indestructible material.
The English language is far from impervious, and, of course, a great many Latinate terms have entered it throughout its history. Impervious is one of the many that broke through in the 17th century. It comes from the Latin impervius, which adds the prefix im-to pervius, meaning passable or penetrable. Pervius-which is also the source of the relatively uncommon English word pervious, meaning accessible or permeable-comes from per-, meaning through, and via, meaning way.