Term: regenerating tissue retinal rod cell
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Name: regenerating tissue
Synonyms: regenerating tissues
Definition: A portion of tissue that is regrowing after damage or amputation.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005147]
Name: retinal rod cell
Synonyms: retinal rod cells
Definition: One of the two photoreceptor cell types of the vertebrate retina. In rods the photopigment is in stacks of membranous disks separate from the outer cell membrane. Rods are more sensitive to light than cones, but rod mediated vision has less spatial and temporal resolution than cone vision.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009275]