| Term: | retinal rod cell photoreceptor cell maintenance |
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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 cell maintenance |
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| Definition: | Any process preventing the degeneration of the photoreceptor, a specialized cell type that is sensitive to light. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0045494] QuickGO AmiGO |