Question

Differentiate between the rod cells and cone cells (on the basis of pigment).

Answer 1

$\begin{array}{cc}\text{Rod Cells}& \text{Cone cells}\\ \begin{array}{c}\text{The rods contain}\\ \text{a purplish-red}\\ \text{protein called the}\\ \text{rhodopsin or visual}\\ \text{purple.}\end{array}& \begin{array}{c}\text{The cones contain}\\ \text{the pigment}\\ \text{iodopsin.}\end{array}\end{array}$