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ROD CELL [1 record]

Record 1 2012-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cytology
  • The Eye
DEF

A visual cell that serves night vision and detection of motion.

OBS

The synaptic terminal is a rounded spherule; the dendritic inner and outer segments are long and cylindrical; the membranous disks contain rhodopsin and are free saccules completely enclosed by the outer cell membrane.

OBS

Many millions of such rods, together with the cones, form the photoreceptive layer of rods and cones.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cytologie
  • Oeil
DEF

Cellule photoréceptrice de la rétine, reliée à une cellule bipolaire, [qui] renferme la rhodopsine et est impliquée dans la vision scotopique.

OBS

Source MVISI-F : Le nouveau dictionnaire de la vision par Michel Millodot, Médiacom Vision Éditeur, 1997.

Key term(s)
  • bâtonnet de la rétine
  • bâtonnets de la rétine

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Citología
  • Ojo
DEF

Célula fotorreceptora adaptada a bajas intensidades luminosas, pero no al color; estas células están implicadas en la visión nocturna, con la participación de la vitamina A.

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