| Term: | retina detection of light stimulus involved in visual perception |
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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: | 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 |