单词 | rhabdom |
释义 | rhabdomn. Zoology. A translucent cylinder forming part of the light-sensitive receptor in the compound eyes of insects, crustaceans, and cephalopod molluscs, consisting of the closely packed or fused rhabdomeres of adjacent retinula cells. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [noun] > head > eye > rhabdom rhabdom1878 1878 F. J. Bell & E. R. Lankester tr. C. Gegenbaur Elements Compar. Anat. 264 The rods..become united, and form a special structure, the ‘rhabdom’ [Ger. Rhabdom], in the long axis of a group of combined retinal cells. 1905 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 57 126 Each of the retinular cells has become differentiated on its inner face to form a part of the rhabdome which extends from the apex of the cone to the distal side of the basement membrane. 1958 Jrnl. Biophysical & Biochem. Cytol. 4 836/1 The retina [in Octopus and Sepia] is made up of rhabdomes analogous to those of the arthropod compound eyes. 2007 New Scientist 6 Jan. 38/3 At the centre of the eye, light-sensing tubes called rhabdoms absorb the incoming photons and perform the function of both rods and cones in vertebrates. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1878 |
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