midget cell

Meaning

Noun

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.

Origin

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

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