| Name: | retinal cone cell |
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| Synonyms: | retinal cone cells |
| Definition: | One of the two photoreceptor cell types in the vertebrate retina. In cones the photopigment is in invaginations of the cell membrane of the outer segment. Cones are less sensitive to light than rods, but they provide vision with higher spatial and temporal acuity, and the combination of signals from cones with different pigments allows color vision. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009262] |
| Name: | lacks all parts of type |
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| Synonyms: | lacks all physical parts of type |
| Definition: | A quality of physical entities inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's lacking a physical part as specified by the additional entity. |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0002000] |
| Name: | photoreceptor outer segment |
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| Synonyms: | |
| Definition: | The outer segment of a vertebrate photoreceptor that contains a stack of membrane discs embedded with photoreceptor proteins. |
| Ontology: | GO: Cellular Component [GO:0001750] QuickGO AmiGO |