| Term: | retina photoreceptor outer segment layer |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | retina |
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| Synonyms: | retinas |
| Definition: | Multi-tissue structure that contains the retinal neural layer and the retinal pigmented epithelium, and develops from the optic cup. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000152] |
| Name: | photoreceptor outer segment layer |
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| Synonyms: | photoreceptor outer segment layers |
| Definition: | Layer of the retina composed of the outer segments of the photoreceptor cells. The photoreceptor outer segment is a specialized primary cilium consisting of a microtubule-based axoneme and regular stacks of membrane folds or disks containing the photopigments (opsins) required for the phototransduction cascade. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0001466] |