midget cell

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What does midget cell mean?

A kind of retinal ganglion cell that originates in the ganglion cell layer of the retina, and projects to the parvocellular layers of the lateral geniculate nucleus.

Where does midget cell come from?

So called because of the small size of their dendritic trees and cell bodies.

How to pronounce midget cell

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