retinula

retinula
retinular, adj.
/ri tin"yeuh leuh/, n., pl. retinulae /-lee'/. n. Anat.
a group of elongate neural receptor cells forming part of an arthropod compound eye: each retinula cell leads to a nerve fiber passing to the optic ganglion.
[1875-80; < NL; see RETINA, -ULE]

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