🔤 Rhabdomes ✨
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URDU
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Roman Urdu:
rhabdomes، keedon ki aankh ka roshni jazb karne wala hissa، tanaffusi baft
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ENGLISH
📚noun (plural)
rhabdomes
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PRONUNCIATION
Standard: /ˈræb.doʊmz/
Phonetic: /rab dohmz/
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DEFINITION
transparent, light-receptive rod-like structures in the compound eyes of arthropods
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES
Biologists examined the rhabdomes in insect eyes under a microscope.
Light entering the ommatidium is guided directly onto the rhabdomes.
Functional rhabdomes allow nocturnal insects to navigate in low light.
Rhabdomes contain photoreceptor proteins sensitive to different wavelengths.
Research showed structural variations in the rhabdomes of deep-sea crustaceans.
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SYNONYMS
photoreceptors visual rods optical structures
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