| Term: | retinal rod cell photoreceptor inner segment |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | retinal rod cell |
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| Synonyms: | retinal rod cells |
| Definition: | One of the two photoreceptor cell types of the vertebrate retina. In rods the photopigment is in stacks of membranous disks separate from the outer cell membrane. Rods are more sensitive to light than cones, but rod mediated vision has less spatial and temporal resolution than cone vision. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009275] |
| Name: | photoreceptor inner segment |
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| Definition: | The inner segment of a vertebrate photoreceptor containing mitochondria, ribosomes and membranes where opsin molecules are assembled and passed to be part of the outer segment discs. |
| Ontology: | GO: Cellular Component [GO:0001917] QuickGO AmiGO |