Ch 10 Vision: The Eye test bank ?s Flashcards
- Which eye structure is paired with an appropriate characteristic?
a. Cornea: contains neurons that are sensitive to light and transmit visual signals
b. Aqueous humor: fills the space between the back of the lens and the retina
c. Pupil: separates and protects the eye from the external environment
d. Retina: produces melanin and capillaries to nourish photoreceptors
e. Ciliary body: produces fluid to fill the front of the eye
Answer: e
Textbook Reference: Anatomy of the Eye
Bloom’s Level: 1. Remembering
- An optometrist discovers that her patient has poor drainage of his aqueous humor, and
a test confirms high intraocular pressure. These symptoms suggest which condition?
a. Presbyopia
b. Emmetropia
c. Cataracts
d. Glaucoma
e. Macular degeneration
Answer: d
Textbook Reference: Anatomy of the Eye
Bloom’s Level: 3. Applying
- On its way to the retina, light passes through tissues and fluids in which order?
a. Cornea, aqueous humor, lens, vitreous humor, retina
b. Sclera, aqueous humor, pupil, lens, vitreous humor, retina
c. Cornea, vitreous humor, lens, aqueous humor, retina
d. Sclera, vitreous humor, lens, aqueous humor, retina
e. Cornea, aqueous humor, pupil, vitreous humor, retina
Answer: a
Textbook Reference: Anatomy of the Eye
Bloom’s Level: 4. Analyzing
- During accommodation, the shape of the _______ is changed by the _______ in order
to see objects accurately at varying distances.
a. lens; zonule fibers
b. lens; ciliary muscle
c. pupil; ciliary muscle
d. pupil; zonule fibers
e. iris; zonule fibers
Answer: b
Textbook Reference: Image Formation on the Retina
Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
- Which statement about the optic disc is false?
a. It is a region without photoreceptors.
b. It is where retinal nerves leave the eye to reach targets in the thalamus and midbrain.
c. It contains a small depression known as the fovea.
d. It can be an indicator for intracranial pressure.
e. It creates a blind spot.
Answer: c
Textbook Reference: The Retinal Surface
Bloom’s Level: 1. Remembering
- A 68-year-old man notices that the boxes of his crossword puzzle look wavy and
blurry for the word he is working on, but the boxes in the periphery of his focus remain
clear. This symptom suggests that the man has which condition?
a. Presbyopia
b. Emmetropia
c. Cataracts
d. Glaucoma
e. Macular degeneration
Answer: e
Textbook Reference: The Retinal Surface
Bloom’s Level: 4. Analyzing
- What is the most direct path that light information travels on its way to the optic nerve?
a. Photoreceptor cell; bipolar cell; ganglion cell; optic nerve
b. Photoreceptor cell; ganglion cell; bipolar cell; optic nerve
c. Bipolar cell; photoreceptor cell; ganglion cell; optic nerve
d. Bipolar cell; ganglion cell; photoreceptor cell; optic nerve
e. Ganglion cell; photoreceptor cell; bipolar cell; optic nerve
Answer: a
Textbook Reference: Retinal Circuitry
Bloom’s Level: 3. Applying
8.Which of the following statements about the location photoreceptors in the outermost
layer of the retina is true.
a. This placement allows light to stimulate the photoreceptors via the most direct path.
b. The proximity to the pigment epithelium allows nourishment for the photoreceptor
cells and recycling of photopigment.
c. This placement allows more synapses to be formed between amacrine cells and
ganglion cells.
d. The proximity to the pigment epithelium determines if a photoreceptor cell
differentiates into a rod or a cone.
e. This placement allows a light stimulus to be filtered when it travels through the other
layers of the retina to reach the outermost layer.
Answer: b
Textbook Reference: The Pigment Epithelium
Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
- Applying a drug that increases cGMP levels in photoreceptors would cause which effect on a photoreceptor’s response to a photon of light?
a. An intensified depolarization from normal
b. An attenuated depolarization from normal
c. An intensified hyperpolarization from normal
d. An attenuated hyperpolarization from normal
e. There would be no effect
Answer: d
Textbook Reference: Phototransduction
Bloom’s Level: 4. Analyzing
- Which mechanism decreases sensitivity in a photoreceptor as levels of illumination
increase?
a. The retinoid cycle
b. Accommodation
c. Transducin
d. Rhodopsin
e. Light adaptation
Answer: e
Textbook Reference: Phototransduction
Bloom’s Level: 1. Remembering
- If a person had a mutation in the gene that codes for interphotoreceptor retinoid
binding protein, what would be the most likely downstream effects?
a. Arrestin would not be able to bind to rhodopsin.
b. Opsin would not be able to activate the intracellular messenger transducin.
c. Retinal could not be transported to and from the outer segment for the retinoid cycle.
d. The conformational change from cis-retinal to trans-retinal could not take place during
photoisomerization.
e. PDE would not hydrolyze cGMP to reduce its concentration.
Answer: c
Textbook Reference: Phototransduction
Bloom’s Level: 4. Analyzing
- Mesopic vision is most likely to occur in which of the the following scenarios?
a. Sitting on a sunny beach
b. Standing in a dark closet
c. Reading in a park on a cloudy afternoon
d. Shopping inside a department store
e. Walking outdoors at the break of dawn
Answer: e
Textbook Reference: Functional Specialization of the Rod and Cone Systems
Bloom’s Level: 3. Applying
- The reason that rods do not contribute to photopic vision is
a. they are not being stimulated.
b. their response is saturated.
c. all of their membrane channels are open.
d. they are not responsible for color vision.
e. they have low resolution.
Answer: b
Textbook Reference: Functional Specialization of the Rod and Cone Systems
Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
- Which of the following correctly matches rods and cones with their properties?
a. Rods: high spatial resolution; cones: color vision
b. Rods: high sensitivity to light; cones: high spatial resolution
c. Rods: color vision; cones: low spatial resolution
d. Rods: high sensitivity to light; cones: low spatial resolution
e. Rods: low sensitivity to light; cones: color vision
Answer: b
Textbook Reference: Functional Specialization of the Rod and Cone Systems
Bloom’s Level: 4. Analyzing
- Which statement about rod and cone convergence in the retina is true?
a. Many cones converge onto one cone bipolar cell.
b. Convergence makes the cone system a better detector of light.
c. Convergence increases the spatial resolution of rods.
d. The one-to-one relationship of rods to bipolar and ganglion cells increases acuity.
e. Convergence allows rods to pool signals, generating larger responses in bipolar cells.
Answer: e
Textbook Reference: Functional Specialization of the Rod and Cone Systems
Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
- What accounts for the fact that rods do not contribute to vision in daylight?
a. Rods cannot be stimulated by photons in daylight.
b. The occipital lobe ignores rod signaling in daylight.
c. All membrane channels are closed due to saturation in daylight.
d. The retinoid cycle in rods stops in daylight.
e. cGMP is quickly depleted in daylight.
Answer: c
Textbook Reference: Functional Specialization of the Rod and Cone Systems
Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding