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epithalamus in some vertebrates. The eye is at the top of the head; is
photoreceptive; and is ****ociated with the
pineal gland,
which regulates circadian...
- The
eyespot apparatus (or stigma) is a
photoreceptive organelle found in the
flagellate or (motile)
cells of
green algae and
other unicellular photosynthetic...
- in the iris just
behind the cornea. The lens
hangs behind the pupil;
photoreceptive retinal cells lines the back of the eye. The
pupil can
expand and contract;...
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immense variation in
visual systems ranging from
photoreceptive cell
patches seen in
simple photoreceptive systems to more
derived complex eyes seen in box...
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photoreceptors to
interact in an
antagonistic manner. When
light hits
photoreceptive pigments within the
photoreceptor cell, the
pigment changes shape. The...
- Eye
types can be
categorised into "simple eyes", with one
concave photoreceptive surface, and "compound eyes",
which comprise a
number of individual...
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common to
almost all vertebrates. The
pineal and
parapineal glands are
photoreceptive in non-mammalian vertebrates, but not in mammals.
Birds have photoactive...
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Laser light selectively neutralizes the
negative charge on the
photoreceptive drum, to form an
electrostatic image....
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colleagues showed that
photoreceptive ganglion cells may have some
visual function in humans. The
photopigment of
photoreceptive ganglion cells, melanopsin...
- development. The
pineal body also has
photoreceptive cells which,
though regressed,
retain visual pigment like the
photoreceptive cells of the
regressed eye. The...
