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Where in your body do you have 120 million rods and 6 million cones?
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Research on rods and cones has revealed that?
If you had the same quiz I did the answer is: there are about 120 to 125 million rods and about 7 or 8 million cones in the retina.
What is in the back of the eye holding 3 million cones on a billion rods?
The retina contains the rods and cones. There are more rods than cones but is is more like 120 million rods to 5 million cones. Both are special cells that are photoreceptors. This means that they are sensitive to light. The cones are best for color vision but the rods are for low light. That is one reason why you don't see color in low light.
What is the ratio of rods and cones in an owl?
There are about 120 million rod cells compaired to 6 million cone cells, for a ratio of about 20 rods for each cone.
Why is a light sensor better than your eyes?
The retina contains two types of photoreceptor's, rods and cones. The rods are more numerous, some 120 million, and are more sensitive than the cones. However, they are not sensitive to colour.
How many rod cells and cone cells in human body?
Rods approximately 125 millions and are spread all over the peripheral retinaCones approximately 6 millions
What are rods and cones?
Rods and cones are photoreceptors in the eye that allow people to see. Rods allow people to see colors, while cones allow people to see in low light, and in great detail.
Where on the body will you find the retina?
The retina contains two types of photoreceptors, rods and cones. The rods can be defined as more numerous, some 120 million and are more sensitive than cones. Rods are not sensitive to color. The 6 to 7 million cones provide the eyeÕs color sensitivity and they are much more concentrated in the central yellow spot known as the macula.
What are the 3 types of cones you have on your retinas?
The retina contains two types of photoreceptors, rods and cones. The rods are more numerous, some 120 million, and are more sensitive than the cones. However, they are not sensitive to color. The 6 to 7 million cones provide the eye's color sensitivity and they are much more concentrated in the central yellow spot known as the macula. In the center of that region is the " fovea centralis ", a 0.3 mm diameter rod-free area with very thin, densely packed cones. The experimental evidence suggests that among the cones there are three different types of color reception. Response curves for the three types of cones have been determined. Since the perception of color depends on the firing of these three types of nerve cells, it follows that visible color can be mapped in terms of three numbers called tristimulus values. Color perception has been successfully modeled in terms of tristimulus values and mapped on the CIE chromaticity diagram.
How much is 120 million in the Philippines?
It is 120 million in the Philippines and everywhere else.
What is the longest curtain rod available?
The longest curtain rods out there are 120", however custom curtain rods can be made longer if neccessary.
What is 500 million minus 120 million?
380 million.
How many albums has Bruce Springsteen sold worldwide?
He has sold more than 65 million albums in the United States and 120 million worldwide.
