title: The various forms of outer segment disk shedding in the albino rats.
abstract: The forms of shedding of outer segment disks were observed in the retinas of albino rats. Different forms included those coming from the tips and sides of the outer segments and many other variations. All these detached disks began to undergo morphological changes before being taken into the pigment epithelium.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D010786:Photoreceptor Cells / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye / Q000648:ultrastructure; D051381:Rats