Associations to the word «Tapetum»

Wiktionary

TAPETUM, noun. (anatomy) A membranous layer of tissue
TAPETUM LUCIDUM, noun. A layer of tissue in the eye of many vertebrate animals, immediately behind or sometimes within the retina, that reflects visible light so as to increase the light available to the photoreceptors.

Wise words

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery