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Examples of rod in the following topics:

• Transduction of Light

  • Light is tranduced in rods and cones; visual information is processed in the retina before entering the brain.
  • The rods and cones are the site of transduction of light into a neural signal.
  • Visual signals leave the cones and rods, travel to the bipolar cells, and then to ganglion cells.
  • In the absence of light, the bipolar neurons that connect rods and cones to ganglion cells are continuously and actively inhibited by the rods and cones.
  • Human rod cells and the different types of cone cells each have an optimal wavelength.

• Anatomy of the Eye

  • There are two types of photoreceptors in the retina: rods and cones.
  • Rods, strongly photosensitive, are located in the outer edges of the retina.
  • In humans, cones far outnumber rods in the fovea.
  • Rods and cones are photoreceptors in the retina.
  • Rods respond in low light and can detect only shades of gray.

• Phylum Chordata

  • A notochord, or a longitudinal, flexible rod between the digestive tube and the nerve cord .
  • The phylum Chordata contains all of the animals that have a rod-like structure used to give them support.
  • All chordates possess a notochord, or a type of flexible support rod, at some point in their development.

• Interphase

  • At the center of each animal cell, the centrosomes of animal cells are associated with a pair of rod-like objects, the centrioles, which are at right angles to each other.

• Gene Expression for Spatial Positioning

  • The mesoderm also forms a structure called the notochord, which is rod-shaped and forms the central axis of the animal body.

• Organogenesis

  • The mesoderm also forms a structure called the notochord, which is rod-shaped and forms the central axis of the animal body.

• Characteristics of Chordata

  • The chordates are named for the notochord: a flexible, rod-shaped structure that is found in the embryonic stage of all chordates and also in the adult stage of some chordate species.

• History of Bacterial Diseases

  • The causative agent, the (b) bacterium Yersinia pestis, is a gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium from the class Gamma Proteobacteria.
  • Salmonella enterica serovar typhi, the causative agent of typhoid fever, is a gram-negative, rod-shaped gamma protobacterium.

• Bone

  • Instead, it consists of trabeculae, which are lamellae that are arranged as rods or plates .

• Characteristics of Eukaryotic Cells