HUMAN ANATOMY
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Chapter 17.4, Problem 3AWYK
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The reason due to which the dim star disappears when an individual looks directly in the night sky and reappears when looked slightly away from it.
Introduction:
Photoreceptors are the cells which are present in the retina. The photoreceptors consist of a membrane that has pigments. The pigments like rhodopsin and iodopsin help an individual see in light and dark.
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