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Our retinas contain three types of cone cells, photoreceptors that detect the wavelengths of light.
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Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 18 Apr. 2025
So companies are developing various types of implants that can take the place of those photoreceptor cells and send the visual data onward to the brain.
—IEEE Spectrum, 13 Jan. 2012
Eventually, though, even the eye's rod photoreceptors used to perceive dim light went away, and the mole was left completely blind.
—Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 2 Jan. 2025
Basically, photoreceptors in the eye take two main forms, rods and cones.
—Elaine Glusac, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 18 Apr. 2025
So companies are developing various types of implants that can take the place of those photoreceptor cells and send the visual data onward to the brain.
—IEEE Spectrum, 13 Jan. 2012
Eventually, though, even the eye's rod photoreceptors used to perceive dim light went away, and the mole was left completely blind.
—Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 2 Jan. 2025
Basically, photoreceptors in the eye take two main forms, rods and cones.
—Elaine Glusac, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Photoreceptor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/photoreceptor. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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photoreceptor
noun
pho·to·re·cep·tor
-ˈsep-tər 
: a receptor for light stimuli
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