Question

What are rods and cones in the retina of an eye?

Answer 1

Explanation:

Rods and Cones are the photoreceptors found in the eye, rods have rod-like structure and provide twilight vision, while cones are of the cone shape, fewer in number and provides the vision in the day or bright light. Rods are found around the boundary of the retina, whereas cones are there in the centre of the retina.

Answer 2

Rods and cones

Explanation:

The retina contains photoreceptors that absorb light and then transmits those signals through the optic nerve to the brain. The photoreceptors in the retina are called rods and cones. Our retina contains 120 million rods and about 1 million cone photoreceptors.

Cone cells are photoreceptor cells in the retinas of vertebrate eyes. They respond differently to light of different wavelengths, and are thus responsible for color vision and function best in relatively bright light, as opposed to rod cells, which work better in dim light.