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Parent Terms Term With Siblings Child Terms
eyeball of camera-type eye +    
tapetum +    
anterior segment of eyeball +  
chorioretinal region +  
posterior segment of eyeball +  
tapetum lucidum of camera-type eye +  
A layer of tissue in the eye of many vertebrate animals, that lies immediately behind or sometimes within the retina. It reflects visible light back through the retina, increasing the light available to the photoreceptors.
tunica fibrosa of eyeball +  
wall of eyeball 

Synonyms
Exact Synonyms: tapeta lucida;  tapetum lucidum
Xrefs: Wikipedia:Tapetum_lucidum
relational_adjective: tapetal
Definition Sources: PMID:14738502, Wikipedia:Tapetum_lucidum

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