Preferred Label : photoreceptor cells;
MeSH definition : Specialized cells that detect and transduce light. They are classified into two types
based on their light reception structure, the ciliary photoreceptors and the rhabdomeric
photoreceptors with MICROVILLI. Ciliary photoreceptor cells use OPSINS that activate
a PHOSPHODIESTERASE phosphodiesterase cascade. Rhabdomeric photoreceptor cells use
opsins that activate a PHOSPHOLIPASE C cascade.;
MeSH synonym : Cell, Photoreceptor; Cells, Photoreceptor; Photoreceptor Cell;
CISMeF synonym : photoreceptors; photoreceptor;
MeSH hyponym : rhabdomeric photoreceptor cells; ciliary photoreceptor cells; Cell, Ciliary Photoreceptor; Cells, Ciliary Photoreceptor; Ciliary Photoreceptor Cell; Photoreceptor Cell, Ciliary; Photoreceptor Cells, Ciliary; Ciliary Photoreceptors; Ciliary Photoreceptor; Photoreceptor, Ciliary; Photoreceptors, Ciliary; Cell, Rhabdomeric Photoreceptor; Cells, Rhabdomeric Photoreceptor; Photoreceptor Cell, Rhabdomeric; Photoreceptor Cells, Rhabdomeric; Rhabdomeric Photoreceptor Cell; Rhabdomeric Photoreceptors; Photoreceptor, Rhabdomeric; Photoreceptors, Rhabdomeric; Rhabdomeric Photoreceptor;
MeSH annotation : general or unspecified; prefer specifics;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photoreceptors;
Origin ID : D010786;
UMLS CUI : C0031760;
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Specialized cells that detect and transduce light. They are classified into two types
based on their light reception structure, the ciliary photoreceptors and the rhabdomeric
photoreceptors with MICROVILLI. Ciliary photoreceptor cells use OPSINS that activate
a PHOSPHODIESTERASE phosphodiesterase cascade. Rhabdomeric photoreceptor cells use
opsins that activate a PHOSPHOLIPASE C cascade.
