Color Vision
"Color Vision" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Function of the human eye that is used in bright illumination or in daylight (at photopic intensities). Photopic vision is performed by the three types of RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTORS with varied peak absorption wavelengths in the color spectrum (from violet to red, 400 - 700 nm).
| Descriptor ID |
D055253
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F02.830.816.964.124 G11.561.600.810.964.124 G14.640.816.124
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| Concept/Terms |
Color Vision- Color Vision
- Color Visions
- Vision, Color
- Visions, Color
- Photopic Vision
- Vision, Photopic
- Daylight Vision
- Vision, Daylight
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