Recent Examples on the WebLocated at the back of the retina, photoreceptors convert light into signals that are sent to the brain.—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 25 Oct. 2024 Human eyes rely on three types of photoreceptors to detect color: red, green and blue.—Scott Travers, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024 Focusing all of it onto the retina can cause photoreceptors to absorb high amounts of energy, damaging or killing them.—Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 28 Feb. 2024 If it's degraded... the photoreceptors in the back of the eye could be lost forever.—Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 8 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for photoreceptor
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