| Term: | retinal inner nuclear layer retinal rod cell |
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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 inner nuclear layer |
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| Synonyms: | inner nuclear layer, intermediate cell layer |
| Definition: | Retinal layer that contains the interneurons, the horizontal, bipolar and amacrine cells. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000119] |
| 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] |