💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Photoreceptors"
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| limulus | a genus of horseshoe crab, with one extant species, the Atlantic horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus). |
| rhodopsinnoun | (biochemistry) A light-sensitive pigment in the rod cells of the retina; it consists of an opsin protein bound to the carotenoid retinal |
| retinanoun | (ophthalmology) The thin layer of cells at the back of the eyeball that contains rods and cones sensitive to light, which trigger nerve impulses that pass via the optic nerve to the brain, where a visual image is formed. |
| opsinnoun | (biochemistry) Any of a group of light-sensitive proteins in the retina. |
| photopigmentnoun | Any pigment that is unstable in the presence of light; used especially of the chromophore pigments in the rod cells and cone cells of the eye |
| maculanoun | (anatomy) An oval yellow spot near the center of the retina of the human eye, histologically defined as having two or more layers of ganglion cells, responsible for detailed central vision. |
| motor neuronnoun | (neuroanatomy) A neuron located in the central nervous system that projects its axon outside the CNS and directly or indirectly control muscles. |
| optic nervenoun | (neuroanatomy) Each of the second pair of cranial nerves that carry visual information from the retina to the brain. |
| superior colliculusnoun | (anatomy) A structure on the tectum that receives neural projections directly from the retina. It is the primary area of the brain thought to be involved in saccadic eye movements, and is also thought to be involved in hand-eye coordination. |
| forebrainnoun | (neuroanatomy) The anterior part of the brain, including the cerebrum, thalamus, and hypothalamus. |
| neuritesnoun | (neuroanatomy) Any projection from the body of a neuron; either a dendrite or an axon |
| midbrainnoun | (neuroanatomy) A part of the brain located rostral to the pons and caudal to the thalamus and the basal ganglia, composed of the tectum (dorsal portion) and the tegmentum (ventral portion). |
| melanocytenoun | (medicine, biochemistry, cytology) A cell in the skin that produces the pigment melanin. |
| binocular visionnoun | (physiology) A vision system in which two eyes work together to produce a unified field of view which is wider and stereoscopic, and in which objects can be more readily discerned. |
| neuronsnoun | (cytology) A cell of the nervous system, which conducts nerve impulses; consisting of an axon and several dendrites. Neurons are connected by synapses. |
| vasculaturenoun | (anatomy) The blood vessels or their arrangement in the body, or within an organ. |
| visual cortexnoun | (anatomy) The part of the cerebral cortex that processes visual information. |
| zebrafishnoun | A small striped fish of species Danio rerio, originally from India but now common as an aquarium fish and as a subject of genetic experiments. |
| chloroplastsnoun | (cytology) An organelle, found in the cells of green plants and in photosynthetic algae, where photosynthesis takes place, characterized by a high concentration of chlorophyll and two membranes. |
| crystallinnoun | (biochemistry) A globulin found in the lens of the eye. |
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