Chapter 5 Flashcards
cornea
hard transparent surface thorugh whichl ligt enters and provides greates optical power
sclera
hard white layer on outer surface of eye
vitreous humor
eye interior that is a transparant gelatinous mass allowing light rays to penetrate with little distortion
aqueous humor
as light rays cross the cornea they pass through this chamber that is transparent and galtinous
lens
cross aqueious humor and hit this through the pupil
size of the pupil is controlled by what
iris - provides aperture regulating amount of ligth allowed to pass
ciliary muscles
optical power of lens altered by these
retina
after lens and vitreous humor hits this which is more than 180 degrees of inner eye boundary
photorecpetors
catch light from output pixels and behave like input pixes
fovea
highest visual acuity and measure of the shapness or clarity of vision- greatest concentration of photoreceptors and almost entirely cones
optic disc
small hole on reitna where neural pulses are transmitted outside of the eye thorugh the optic nerve
types of photoreceptors
rods and cones
rods
triggered by low loevel so flightt
cones
require more light and distinguish between coloes
how many rods and cones does the retina have
120 millions and 6 million respectively
three categories of cones
red green blue
luminance measured in what
si units of candelas per square meter - correspond directly to amount of ligh power per area
scotopic vision
eye take up to 35 mins to fully adapt to low light reulting in monocrhomatic mode
photopic vision
adaptation to trichromatic mode in birght light that takes 10 minutes
peripheral vision
rays that enter cornea from sides alnd on parts of reitna with lower rod density and very low cone density/ better at detecting movement but cannot distinguish colors
blind spot
not photoreceptors - retinas are inside out
layers of neurons
rods and cones to bipolar to amacrine to horizontal cells
inner nuclear layer
holds bipolar amacrine and horizonatl cells
ganglion cell layer
signals from inner nuiclear then reach thie gangilion cells and axons of ganglion are not directly connect to optic nerve but a hole punctured lets them reroute