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insect anatomy
- In insect: Eyes
…the sense cell, called the retinula cell, and initiate the nerve impulse in the sensory axon. The light-receptive zone, or rhabdom, of the retinula cell commonly has a rodlike form; because it lies perpendicular to the surface, light passes lengthwise along it. In the simple eyes (ocelli) a lens-shaped area…
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