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Q: The light sensitive portion of the eye containing rods and cones is called the?
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What is the sensitive area containing rods and cones?

the retina


Cones are sensitive to what?

Cones are sensitive to color and daylight vision.


What is the sensitive part of the eye called?

Retina which has rods and cones


Cones are sensitive to what light in biology?

Cones are sensitive to Red light (L cones, 64%) Green light (M cones, 32%) and Blue light (S cones, 2%)


What is the name of the light sensitives cells within the eye?

There are two types called rods, which a simply sensitive to light and dark, and cones which are sensitive to colours. Both types are found on the retina but the rods dipsersed evenly over the surface whereas cones are concentrated on an area called the fovea.


What are rods in the eye sensitive to?

The rods (themselves) are sensitive to light The cones are sensitive to colour


Rods are less light sensative and more color sensitive than are cones?

Rods are more light-sensitive and less color-sensitive than are cones.


What cells allow us to see color?

There are two types of photoreceptors in the retina. - Cones, which have less photopigments, allow us to see colours, - Rods, which have more photopigments, allow us to see in a less bright (dim) light. The photopigments in the cones are colour-specific, meaning, they are "sensitive" to their own specific colour. (red-sensitive to red, green-sensitive to green, and blue-sensitive to blue colour). These are the three kinds of colour-sensitive pigments, which "co-operation" allow us to see all the colours.


Are rods and cones sensitive to light?

Both rods and cones are light receptors. Rods are connected many to onr neuron, and are good for detecting low-light and movement, but not color. Cones are one to a neuron and detect color. Both are present in most if not all mammals and avians.


The cells in the retina of the eye that detect light are called what?

Rods are sensitive to absence of light cos they are responsible for night vision or black and white vision while cones are sensitive to presence of light cos they are responsible for colour vision


Rods and cones are the light-sensitive cells on the?

the retina


Nerve tissue containing rods and cones?

Rods and cones are nerve tissue contained in the retina.