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Please help! what is the importance of rods & cones in the eye?
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Photoreceptors: Rods and cones are the cells that turn a light ray into an electrical signal that then travels to the brain. Cones are sensitive to color and rods to black and white.
Answered 3/5/2014
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Light receptors: These are the cells that line the retina and are responsible for detecting light and turning it into an electrical signal that your brain translates in the visual image that we call sight.Obviously very importance because without them we could not see.
Answered 5/30/2015
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