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Meaning of "rod cells"

Rod cells: Photoreceptor cells in the retina that are responsible for vision in low light conditions
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The photopigment found in rod cells is called rhodopsin.
The rod cells responds to.
Rhodopsin is found in the rod cells of the eye.
These rod cells each detect just a tiny part of any image.
There is a third difference between cone and rod cells.
The rod cells are the photoreceptor cells in the retina capable of sensing light.
Respond to light energy such as the rod cells of the eyes.
Cone and rod cells in the retina deteriorate when one has this syndrome.
The cells include thimble cells and fuel rod cells.
When rod cells are in the dark, they are depolarized.
However, deer have a much greater proportion of rod cells.
In low light ' we rely on the rod cells that cover most of the retina.
A dorsal ocellus consists of a lens element ( cornea ) and a layer of photoreceptors rod cells.
Just to clarify - the rod cells are the ones we use for night vision.
The retina contains two types of photoreceptor - rod cells and cone cells.

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Additionally, multiple rod cells converge on a single interneuron, collecting and amplifying the signals.
On average, there are approximately 92 million rod cells in the human retina.
Motion-sensing rod cells switch off when they detect action that 's consistent and constant.
Deactivating either Nrl or Nr2e3 reprogrammed rod cells to become cone cells.
Well, the rod cells in your retina take over in low-light conditions.
There are about 120 million rod cells in the human retina.
Like cones, rod cells have a synaptic terminal, an inner segment, and an outer segment.
The human retina typically contains 120 million rod cells and 6 million cone cells.
Usually, the rod cells are the first to degenerate, causing night blindness and ' tunnel visión.
The human retina contains about 125 million rod cells and about 6 million cone cells.
Rod cells are able to detect a light 1 000 times less powerful.
More sensitive than cone cells, rod cells are almost entirely responsible for night vision.
Rod cells are most sensitive to light of wavelengths near 498 nm ; such light appears blue-green.
As the disease progresses and more rod cells degenerate, patients lose their peripheral vision.
More sensitive than cone cells, rod cells are almost entirely responsible for night visión.
Unusually, their eyes only contain rod cells ( not cone cells ), indicating a high sensitivity to light.

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