Definition of Tapetum. Meaning of Tapetum. Synonyms of Tapetum

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Definition of Tapetum

Tapetum
Tapetum Ta*pe"tum, n. [NL., from L. tapete a carpet, a tapestry.] (Anat.) An area in the pigmented layer of the choroid coat of the eye in many animals, which has an iridescent or metallic luster and helps to make the eye visible in the dark. Sometimes applied to the whole layer of pigmented epithelium of the choroid.

Meaning of Tapetum from wikipedia

- The tapetum lucidum (Latin for 'bright tapestry, coverlet'; /təˈpiːtəm ˈluːsɪdəm/ tə-PEE-təm LOO-sih-dəm; pl.: tapeta lucida) is a layer of tissue in...
- Tapetum (Latin for **** or tapestry) can refer to: Tapetum (botany), tissue within the sporangium (especially the anther), which provides nutrition for...
- The tapetum is a specialised layer of nutritive cells found within the anther of flowering plants, located between the sporogenous tissue and the anther...
- eyes normally have a light-reflecting layer, the tapetum, that makes the eyes appear pale. The tapetum differs considerably between spider families but...
- splenium. Fibres from the trunk and the splenium, known together as the tapetum ("****"), form the roof of each lateral ventricle. The front part of...
- Each microsporangium is lined with a nutritive tissue layer called the tapetum and initially contains diploid pollen mother cells. These undergo meiosis...
- spiders these secondary eyes detect light reflected from a reflective tapetum lucidum, and wolf spiders can be spotted by torchlight reflected from the...
- median ocelli. The lateral ocelli evolved from compound eyes and may have a tapetum, which enhances the ability to collect light. With the exception of scorpions...
- for human vision.: 43  This is partly the result of cat eyes having a tapetum lucidum, which reflects any light that p****es through the retina back into...
- without orbicules and indicated that orbicules are restricted to a secretory tapetum type. Von Ubish concluded that orbicules are homologous with the pollen...