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New disks are synthesized at the base of the outer segment. New disks form from evaginations of the plasma membrane. New disks are apically displaced until they reach the tip of the outer segement. At the apical tip a packet of disks forms that is then phagocytosed by the pigement epithelium. This process of renewal maintains the outer segment at a constant length.
