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Name the process/ term for the following statements:

The photosensitive pigments present in the rod cells of the retina.


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Rhodopsin:

  1. The rod cells are the photoreceptor cells present widely spread in the retina.
  2. They are responsible for vision in dim light.
  3. They contain a pigment called rhodopsin that gets bleached away in bright light.
  4. Rhodopsin does not respond to the color of an object.
  5. It is stimulated in the dim light.


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