Retina photoreceptors, TEM

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Transmission electron micrograph (TEM) showing the photoreceptor outer segment of a retinal rod cell, full of stacked membranous discs filled with opsin, the molecule that absorbs photons.

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Photo credit: © JOSE CALVO / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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