Cone cell definitions

Cone cell

1) Human cell 2) Retina component
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Cone cells, or cones, are one of the two types of photoreceptor cells that are in the retina of the eye which are responsible for color vision as well as eye color sensitivity; they function best in relatively bright light, as opposed to rod cells that work better in dim light. Cone cells are densely packed in the fovea centralis a 0.3 mm diameter...
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cone cell

Comparison of a rod cell and cone cell (right) A type of light-sensitive nerve cell found in the retinas of most vertebrates (though usually not those which live in dim light). Cones are concerned with the discrimination of color and of fine detail. In humans, they contains three types of of ph...
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cone cell

Synonym for retinal cone ... <ophthalmology, physiology> 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, and are differentially sensitive to particular wavelengths of light and therefore i...
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