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Chapter 9 Flashcards

1
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Sensation

A

Perceptual experience when the body interacts with a physical quality of the environment

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2
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What type of light are butterflies able to see that we can’t? and snakes?

A

butterflies can see UV
Snakes can see infrared (night vision)

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3
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are longer or shorter light waves more dangerous

A

shorter

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4
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cornea

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clear outer covering of the eye providing protection and initial focus

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5
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pupil

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controls the amount of light that enters the eye

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6
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Iris

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coloured part of the eye that controls the pupil

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7
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lens

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helps focus on images by changing shapes and reflecting image to retina

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8
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retina

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lining on the back of the eye where neural signals are created

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9
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fovea

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center of view, most focused

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10
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optic disc and blind spot

A

the beginning of the optic nerve where signals leave the eye

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11
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In dim light the pupil _________ to get as much light as possible

A

expands

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12
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T/F The lens becomes less flexible with age making it harder to focus

A

True

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13
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Myopia

A

near-sighted, difficulty focusing on farther items

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14
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Hyperopia

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far-sighted, difficulty focusing on closer items

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15
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Presbyopia

A

Age related far-sightedness

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16
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What part of the eye converts light into neural signals

A

receptors (rods and cones) in the retina

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17
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Which cells in the retina directly respond to light waves

A

Receptor cells

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18
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Where are receptor cells located in the retina

A

furthest from the light

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19
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horizontal cells

A

allow communication between different nearby receptors

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20
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bipolar cells of the retina

A

pass information from receptors to ganglion cells

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21
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amacrine cells

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allow communication between nearby ganglion cells

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22
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ganglion cells

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axons form optic nerve and bring signals to the brain

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23
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What part of the rods and cones responds to the light

A

the outer segment which contains discs that hold pigment molecules that react chemically to the light

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24
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are there more rods or cones

A

rods

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25
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where are the cones heavily concentrated?

A

Fovea

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26
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were are there no rods

A

fovea

27
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distribution of cones allow

A

focus at fovea and colour vision everywhere

28
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______ are sensitive to light and are important in dim light

A

rods

29
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Macular degeneration

A

age related loss of cones in fovea (blind spot in middle of eye)

30
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Retinitis pigmentosa

A

loss off rods and cones on peripheral retina (tunnel vision)

31
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Axons of ______ form the optic nerve

A

ganglion cells

32
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Magnocellular (M) cells

A

ganglion cells that get info from rods

33
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Parvocellular (P) cells

A

Ganglion cells that get info from cones

34
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Signals from the __________ go to the right visual cortex

A

left visual field

35
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optic chiasm

A

point where some visual signals cross to opposite hemisphere

36
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signals from the right half of each retina are from the ____ visual field and processed in the _____ hemisphere

A

Left, right

37
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LGN

A

Area in the thalamus which transmits visual signals to the visual cortex

38
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T/F optic nerves send one way signals

A

True

39
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T/F nerves in the visual cortex send one way signals

A

F - signals go back and forth due to more complex arrangement

40
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what % of visual neurons synapse in the thalamus where the optic nerve ends

A

90%

41
Q

Tectopulvinar pathway

A

A secondary visual pathway which travels to the superior colliculus in the midbrain, responsible for orientation and reflexive pupil dilation

42
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Retinohypothalamic pathway

A

secondary visual pathway which makes connections with the SCN in the hypothalamus, triggering the release of sleep hormones

43
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Which cells send signals through the retinohypothalamic pathway

A

M-cells from rods

44
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Geniculostriate pathway

A

the main visual neural pathway, through the LGM in the thalamus to the visual cortex and back

45
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What part of the thalamus refines and organizes visual signals

A

LGN

46
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Retinotopic map

A

mapped out areas of the retina on the LGN

47
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In the LGN, layers 1-2 are the _____ (P or M) cells

A

M cells, for light

48
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The left LGN processes the _____

A

right visual field

49
Q

_________ of the brain flips the image that is projected on to the retina

A

visual cortex

50
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the top of the visual field is processed at the ________ of the ________

A

bottom of the visual cortex

51
Q

The central part of the visual cortex is larger and processes _______

A

the fovea (central visual field)

52
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T/F physical energy in the environment does not have perceptive quality, it is our brain that determines perception of these qualities

A

true

53
Q

T/F It is common for animals to be colourblind

A

F - they can often see more colours than us

54
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Colour reflectance

A

the colour we see is the wavelength reflected off the object from the light

55
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There are 3 different types of ____ which distinguish wavelength and allow us to see colour

A

cones

56
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what are the 3 types of cones

A

S-cones (blue)
M-cones (green)
L-cones (red)

57
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Scotopic vision

A

night vision, where rods are dominant

58
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photopic vision

A

Vision in day light, where cones and rods allow us to see detail and colour

59
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What colour is brightest with scotopic vision? Photopic?

A

blue, yellow

60
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purkinje shift

A

the shift from cone dominated to rod dominated vision at night

61
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Dichromatism

A

red-green colour deficiency

62
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T/F The mantis shrimp has a record 12 colour receptors and can see more colours than humans

A

f-cannot see more colours

63
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opponent processing

A

opponent cells beyond the retina help create colour perception, hence the presence of after images

64
Q

______ allows for fine colour perception

A

ratio of cone activity received and processed by opponent neurons

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