Definition of Rhabdom. Meaning of Rhabdom. Synonyms of Rhabdom

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Definition of Rhabdom

Rhabdom
Rhabdom Rhab"dom (r[a^]b"d[o^]m), n. [Gr. "ra`bdwma a bundle of rods, fr. "ra`bdos a rod.] (Zo["o]l.) One of numerous minute rodlike structures formed of two or more cells situated behind the retinul[ae] in the compound eyes of insects, etc. See Illust. under Ommatidium.

Meaning of Rhabdom from wikipedia

- ommatidium collectively form a light guide, a transparent tube, called the rhabdom. Although composed of over 16,000 cells, the Drosophila compound eye is...
- typical apposition eye has a lens focusing light from one direction on the rhabdom, while light from other directions is absorbed by the dark wall of the...
- cryptonephric Malpighian tubules of the normal type, a cone ommatidium with open rhabdom, and lack of functional spiracles on the eighth abdominal segment. Constituent...
- rhabdom which is similar in function to a human retina. These butterflies do not have the specific lateral filtering pigments coating their rhabdom found...
- typical apposition eye has a lens focusing light from one direction on the rhabdom, while light from other directions is absorbed by the dark wall of the...
- a "giant rhabdom" in the lowest layer of the center of the retina. Only the light entering along its optic axis stimulates this giant rhabdom, so the visual...
- retinula) that interlock with neighboring retinular cells. This forms the rhabdom, which contains the dendrite of the eccentric cell, and may also contribute...
- retrospective, retrovirus rhabd- rod Gr**** ῥάβδος (rhábdos) Rhabdodon, rhabdoid, rhabdom, rhabdomancy, rhabdomyolysis, rhabdomyosarcoma rhach-, rach- spine Gr****...
- in these rows have eight different classes of visual pigments and the rhabdom (area of eye that absorbs light from a single direction) is divided into...
- registered light angle, and the extent to which the signal of individual rhabdoms are neurally combined. This implies that lenses need to be larger under...