Ommatidium

Ommatidium of honey bee. After Snodgrass (1956, fig. 99c) [1], Goodmann (2003, fig. 2a) [2].
Abbreviations:
Axn - axon
bMb - basement membrane
CgCl - corneagenous cell
Cn - crystalline cone
Ln - lens
PgCl - pigment cell
RetCl - retinal cell
9RetCl - ninth retinal cell
Rhb - rhabdom
Ommatidia located in the dorsal part of honey bee eye differ from others [3].
References
- Anatomy of the honey bee. Comstock Publishing Associates, Ithaca, pp. 334. (1956)
- Form and function in the honey bee. International Bee Research Association, Cardiff, pp. 220. (2003)
- Structural specialization in the dorsal retina of the bee, Apis mellifera. Cell and tissue research 162:23–34. (1975)
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