Retinula
noun, plural retinulae
[ri-tin-yuh-lee] /rɪˈtɪn yəˌli/ (Show IPA). Anatomy.
1.
a group of elongate neural receptor cells forming part of an arthropod compound eye: each retinula cell leads to a nerve fiber passing to the optic ganglion.
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