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Bio107-ch15EYE Flashcards

1
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Sensory receptors provide

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external and internal environmental information to the CNS

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2
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Sensory receptors act as

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transducers

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3
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Transducers convert

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energy into depolarization

through action potential

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4
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Receptors produce _____ potentials that may stimulate ______ potentials

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graded

action

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5
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Sensory receptors are ______ selective

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highly

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6
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Chemoreceptors

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detect changes in chemical environment

taste buds, olfactory epithelium

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Photoreceptors

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detect light

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8
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Thermoreceptors

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temperature

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9
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Mechanoreceptors

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mechanical distortion or pressure

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10
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Propioceptors

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position of muscles and joints

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11
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Nociceptors

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pain

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12
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Osmoreceptors

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solute concentration

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13
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Sensory adaption/receptor ______ its response to stimulus over time

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decreases

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14
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Tonic adaption

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receptors do NOT adapt or adapt slowly

pain receptors

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15
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Phasic adaption

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receptors ADAPT rapidly

odor, touch

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16
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The eye:

Light perception

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rods and cones in retina

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17
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Light regulation

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iris

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18
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Accommodation

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focus

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19
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Interpretation

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CNS

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20
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In the eye, light rays enter through the _____, then pass to the ______

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cornea

retina

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21
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Fovea centralis (3)

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  1. focal point at the back of the eye
  2. has the greatest acuity
  3. cont. only CONES
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22
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Sclera

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white part of eye

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23
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Choroid

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contains a lot of blood vessels

dark/black outline in pic

24
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Retina

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contains the rods that take in light

25
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Optic Nerve

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blind spot because there’s no rods/cones

a cranial nerve

26
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Suspensory ligament (3)

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  1. helps stretch or relax ligaments
  2. helps determine light
  3. invuluntary
27
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Iris

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  1. colored part

2. determined by MYLONALYTES

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Anterior chamber

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front space of eye

29
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Posterior chamber

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back space of eye

30
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Cornea

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clear lens

31
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Pupil

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  1. a hole/black tunnel

2. where the light travels through to the fovea

32
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Lens

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suspense the eye

33
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Aqueous humor

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clear

as you get older or diseased it can turn grey

34
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Vitreous humor

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helps deal with pressure in the eye

35
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Refraction

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bending of light rays

36
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Refracted first by the _____ then by the _____

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cornea

lens

37
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Visual Axis

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straight through the eye and to the back

light rays that pass directly to the central fovea follow this

38
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Accomodation

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focusing of the lens for clearer vision

39
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Distance vision the lens is

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FLAT from front to back

40
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Near vision the lens is

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THICK from front to back

41
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Contraction makes the lens

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thicker

close = contraction

42
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Relaxation pulls the lens

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flat

distance = relaxation

43
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Myopic eye

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nearsighted

44
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Hyperopic eye

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farsighted

45
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Emmetropic

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normal, healthy eye, perfect vision

46
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Abstigma

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abnormal in the cornea and/or lens

47
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Iris deals with

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light regulation and regulates the size of the pupil

48
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Contracted iris

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small pupil size

49
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Dilated iris

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larger pupil size

50
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Light is perceived by (2)

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  1. Visual Rods

2. Visial Cones

51
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Rhodopsin

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photopigment (visual purple)

in RODS*

52
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Things about RODS (5)

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  1. High sensitivity- helps at night time
  2. More photopigment
  3. Slow response, long integration time
  4. Low acuity- does NOT help you see
  5. Achromatic- ONE type of ROD pigment
53
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Things about CONES (5)

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  1. Low sensitivity- for day vision
  2. Less photopigment
  3. Fast response, short integration time
  4. High acuity
  5. Chromatic- 3 types of CONES each with a different pigment
54
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Role of Vitamin A (4)

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  1. eye health
  2. effects rods more than cones
  3. night blindness
  4. causes a decrease in retinal
55
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Color vision:

3 types of cones

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  1. blue cone
  2. green cone
  3. red cone
56
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If missing one of the 3 types of CONES, then

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colorblind

57
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Colorblindness is passed along the

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X chromosome

mostly men are affected

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