20 Vision Flashcards

1
Q

Locate the pupil on the eye and explain its purpose…

A

The opening that allows light to enter the eye and reach the retina

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Locate the Iris and expalins its purpose

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circular muscle that controls the size of the purple

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Locate the Cornea and explain its purpose

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The transparent surface that covers the pupil and iris

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what is the sclera? location and purpose

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white of the eye, continuous with the cornea

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5
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What is the lens? location and purpose

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helps focus rays of light on the retina

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what is the retina? location and purpose

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the internal lining of the rear two-thirds of the eye, the retina coverts images into electrical impulses, which are sent to the brain.

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What is the macula? location and purpose

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the central area of the retina that is specialised for central vision

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what is the fovea? location and purpose

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the visual image received by the fovea is at least distorted; marks the centre of the retina and the centre of the macula

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9
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what is the optic nerve? location and purpose.

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made up of axons of the retinal ganglion cells; carries impulses for vision from the retina towards the brain

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10
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how many extrocular muscels are there in the eye?

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11
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what electromagnetic wavelength can be detected by the human eye

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400-700nm

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12
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Flow of visual information in the retnia

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photoreceptors –> bipolar cells –> ganglion cells

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13
Q

why do we have a blind spot?

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there are no photoreceptors, therefore the sensation of light can not occur.

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14
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What is the side of the eye closest to the nose called? and then the other side

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Nasal hemiretina & temporal hemiretina

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15
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What side of your visual field is the blind spot on?

A

temporal hemiretinal

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16
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What is the optic chasm?

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Where the axons of the ganglion cells cross the midline

17
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Do the axons of the ganglion cells located in each temporal hemi-retina cross the optic chasim?

18
Q

What happens if the left optic nerve is cut?

A

left eye vision will be lost, resulting in a loss of left peripheral vision.

19
Q

what happens if the optic chasm is transected?

A

Peripheral vision is lost bilaterally

20
Q

what happens if the left optic tract is cut?

A

vision of the right hemifield will be lost completely. Homonymous hemianopsia

21
Q

what are the axons of the ganglion cells called?

A

the optic nerve before they cross the optic chassim
optic tract after the optic chiasm

22
Q

where do the axons of the optic track project too?

A

Superior colliculus?
Thalamus (Geniculate nucelus)

23
Q

The retinotectal pathway

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retina –> superior colliculus

24
Q

Retinogenisulostriate pathway

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retina –> thalamus –> primary visual cortex

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What visual information does the right LGN track receive? then the left track
left, then right. oppisote
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is the LGN retnotopically mapped?
yes
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is the Primary visual cortex retinotopically mapped?
yes
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cortical vision pathway
retina LGN primary visual cortex in the occipital love extrastriate cortex in the occipital, temporal and parietal lobes
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What happens when TMS is distributed over the primary visual cortex?
elicit light sensations in the absence of any stimuli
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What did the study on ecstasy and V1 excitability show?
The goal was to measure the excitability of the primary visual cortex and make comparisons. Results 1: ectacy group had a significantly lower phosphine threshold than participants in the control group. Negatively correlated with phosphine threshold. Results 2: phosphene threshold of participants who had hallucinations was significantly lower than the phonsoehen threshold of participants who did not hallucinate.
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what is the ventriloquist illusion?
mislocalisation towards a synchronous but spatially discrepant visual event