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There are two types of light receptors within the retina responsible for detecting and processing light: the rods and the cones.
- Programme: Inside the Human Body
- Episode: 03: Building your brain
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2021
- Biology | Homeostasis and response | The nervous system | The eye
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