Related Words for photoreceptors

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Word	Syllables	Categories
rhodopsin	x/x	Noun, Noun
retinas	/xx	Noun
macula	/xx	Noun
optic nerve	/x/	Phrase, Noun
forebrain	/x	Noun
midbrain	/x	Noun
melanocyte	x/xx	Noun
neurons	/x	Noun
vasculature	/xxx	Noun
visual cortex	/xx/x	Phrase, Noun
chloroplasts	/xx	Noun
axons	/x	Noun
fovea	/xx	Noun
porphyrins	xx/	Noun
organelles	xx/	Noun
glomeruli	/x/x	Noun
neurone	/x	Noun
proteins	/x	Noun
oligodendrocytes	xxx/xx	Noun
chromophores	/x/	Noun
motoneurons	/x/x	Noun
cells	/	Noun
glial	/x	Noun
choroid	/x	Noun
cilia	/x	Noun
mesoderm	xx/	Noun
astrocytes	/xx	Noun
myelin	/xx	Noun
lymphatics	x/x	Noun
exocytosis	/xx/x	Noun
mitochondria	xx/xx	Noun
mesenchyme	xx/	Noun
stroma	/x	Noun
fluorescence	x/x	Noun
nuclei	/xx	Noun
ciliary	/xxx	Noun
myelination	/xx/x	Noun
receptors	x/x	Noun
cochlea	/xx	Noun
peroxisome	x/xx	Noun
ovules	/x	Noun
cortex	/x	Noun
pineal	x/x	Noun, Adjective
enzyme	/x	Noun
calmodulin	/x/x	Noun
testis	/x	Noun
auxin	x/	Noun
luciferase	/xxx	Noun
hindbrain	/x	Noun
bistable	/xx	Noun
tubules	/x	Noun
fibroblasts	x/x	Noun
dendrites	x/	Noun
epithelia	xx/x	Noun
proteolysis	/x/xx	Noun
spermatogenesis	//x/xx	Noun
organogenesis	xxx/xx	Noun
nucleolus	/xxx	Noun
punctate	/x	Noun
lymphocytes	/xx	Noun
acinar	xxx	Noun
nephrons	/x	Noun
granulocytes	x/xx	Noun
tissue	/x	Noun
pineal gland	x/x/	Phrase, Noun
autoregulation	/xxx/x	Noun
phagocytosis	/xx/x	Noun
retinal	/xx	Noun, Adjective
nerve growth factor	///x	Phrase, Noun
synapses	/xx	Noun
organ of corti	/x//x	Name, Name
ganglion	/x/	Noun
cornea	/xx	Noun
invertebrate	x/xx	Adjective
vertebrate	/xx	Noun, Adjective
depolarized	x/xx	Verb
hyperpolarization	xxxxx/x	Noun
salamander	xx/x	Noun
extraocular	xx/xx	Adjective
degenerated	x/xxx	Adjective, Verb
sensitivities	xx/xx	Noun
amphibian	x/xx	Adjective
arthropod	/xx	Adjective
interneurons	/x/x	Noun
transduction	x/x	Noun
cones	/	Noun
transplanted	x/x	Adjective
segments	/x	Noun
pigments	/x	Noun
degeneration	xxx/x	Noun
ultrastructure	xx/x	Noun
rods	/	Noun
afferent	/xx	Noun, Adjective
atoms	/x	Adjective
cortical	/xx	Adjective
cytochromes	xxx	Noun
effectors	x/x	Noun
elements	/xx	Noun
exons	/x	Noun
loci	/x	Noun
organs	/x	Noun
plastids	/x	Noun
subunits	xxx	Noun
terminals	/xx	Noun
transporters	x/x	Noun