- retinal rod
- nouna visual receptor cell that is sensitive to dim light• Hypernyms: ↑visual cell• Part Holonyms: ↑retina• Part Meronyms: ↑visual purple, ↑rhodopsin, ↑retinal purple
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
retinal rod
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retinal rod — one of the two types of visual cells, along with retinal cones, having synapses internally with bipolar retinal cells. Rods serve night vision and detection of motion. Their synaptic terminals are spherical, and their dendritic inner and outer… … Medical dictionary
retinal rod — Major photoreceptor cell of vertebrate retina (about 125 million in a human eye). Columnar cells (about 40 m m long, 1 m m diameter) having three distinct regions: a region adjacent to, and synapsed with, the neural layer of the retina contains… … Dictionary of molecular biology
retinal purple — noun a red photopigment in the retinal rods of vertebrates; dissociates into retinene by light • Syn: ↑visual purple, ↑rhodopsin • Hypernyms: ↑photopigment • Part Holonyms: ↑rod, ↑rod cell, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
rod cell — noun a visual receptor cell that is sensitive to dim light • Syn: ↑rod, ↑retinal rod • Hypernyms: ↑visual cell • Part Holonyms: ↑retina • Part Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
rod cell — See retinal rod … Dictionary of molecular biology
rod outer segment — See retinal rod … Dictionary of molecular biology
rod fiber — a fiberlike extension of a retinal rod, running from the inner segment of the dendrite to the nucleus to the spherule … Medical dictionary
rod spherule — the pear shaped ending of a retinal rod cell, which synapses with the bipolar and horizontal cells in the outer plexiform layer … Medical dictionary
rod fiber — noun : the terminal fiber of a retinal rod … Useful english dictionary
rod granule — noun : the cell body of a retinal rod … Useful english dictionary
