Definition of Rhabdomere. Meaning of Rhabdomere. Synonyms of Rhabdomere

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Definition of Rhabdomere

Rhabdomere
Rhabdomere Rhab"do*mere, n. [Rhabdom + -mere.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the several parts composing a rhabdom.

Meaning of Rhabdomere from wikipedia

- bundle (usually consisting of 6–9 axons, depending on the number of rhabdomeres): 162  and provides the brain with one picture element. The brain forms...
- photoreceptor cells, each of which forms a rhabdomere (rhabdomeres 7 and 8 overlap vertically; therefore, only rhabdomere 7 is visible externally). Neurodegeneration...
- They lack a tapetum entirely, and the retina is everted, meaning the rhabdomeres (light-sensitive parts of the visual cells) point towards the incoming...
- and the rhabdomeres beneath. Rhabdomeres are light-sensitive and function as the eye's photoreceptors.: 68  Inters****d between the rhabdomeres are pigment...
- main sections, the cell body and the rhabdomere. The cell body contains the nucleus, while the 100-μm-long rhabdomere is made up of toothbrush-like stacks...
- differences between the prin****l and secondary eyes are that the latter have rhabdomeres that point away from incoming light, just like in vertebrates, while...
- rudimentary hemal system resembling those of annelids. The arrow worm rhabdomeres are derived from microtubules 20 nm long and 50 nm wide, which in turn...
- contains a half-circle of one type of rhabdomere, while the center is pigmented and contains two types of rhabdomeres. These spiders also have a "giant rhabdom"...
- areas from which membranous organelles of conceivable size (rhabdomeres) extend. Rhabdomeres have tiny microvilli (tiny tubes extending out of the retinula)...
- component integral component of membrane photoreceptor outer segment rhabdomere membrane integral component of plasma membrane plasma membrane cytoplasm...