| Name: | retinal cone cell |
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| Synonyms: | retinal cone cells |
| Definition: | One of the two photoreceptor cell types in the vertebrate retina. In cones the photopigment is in invaginations of the cell membrane of the outer segment. Cones are less sensitive to light than rods, but they provide vision with higher spatial and temporal acuity, and the combination of signals from cones with different pigments allows color vision. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009262] |
| Name: | detection of light stimulus involved in visual perception |
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| Synonyms: | sensory detection of light during visual perception, sensory detection of light stimulus during visual perception, sensory transduction of light during visual perception, sensory transduction of light stimulus during visual perception, visual perception, detection of light stimulus, visual perception, sensory transduction during perception of light, visual perception, sensory transduction of light stimulus |
| Definition: | The series of events involved in visual perception in which a light stimulus is received and converted into a molecular signal. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0050908] QuickGO AmiGO |