| 单词 | rhabdom | 
| 释义 | rhabdomn. Zoology.   A translucent cylinder forming part of the light-sensitive receptor in the compound eyes of insects, crustaceans, and cephalopod molluscs, consisting of the closely packed or fused rhabdomeres of adjacent retinula cells. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > 			[noun]		 > head > eye > rhabdom rhabdom1878 1878    F. J. Bell  & E. R. Lankester tr.  C. Gegenbaur Elements Compar. Anat. 264  				The rods..become united, and form a special structure, the ‘rhabdom’ [Ger. Rhabdom], in the long axis of a group of combined retinal cells. 1905    Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 57 126  				Each of the retinular cells has become differentiated on its inner face to form a part of the rhabdome which extends from the apex of the cone to the distal side of the basement membrane. 1958    Jrnl. Biophysical & Biochem. Cytol. 4 836/1  				The retina [in Octopus and Sepia] is made up of rhabdomes analogous to those of the arthropod compound eyes. 2007    New Scientist 6 Jan. 38/3  				At the centre of the eye, light-sensing tubes called rhabdoms absorb the incoming photons and perform the function of both rods and cones in vertebrates. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < | 
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