Cranial Nerve II Flashcards
What is the believed function of CN 0
Unconscious smell of pheromones
Optic nerve attach, type, and function
Attach: Cerebrum (diechephalon)
Type: Sensory
Function: Vision
Oculomotor nerve attach, type, and function
Attach: Midbrain
Type: Motor
Function: Eye muscles, lids, pupil contractions, lens shape
Trochlear nerve attach, type and function
Attach: Midbrain
Type: Motor
Function: Eye muscle (downward and inward)
Trigeminal nerve attach, type, and function
Attach: Pons
Type: Both
Function: Face sensation and chewing
Abducens nerve attach, type, and function
Attach: Pons
Type: Motor
Function: Eye muscles
Facial nerve attach, type, and function
Attach: Pons
Type: Both
Function: Facial expressions, lip articulation, gustation (anterior tongue), and secretion of saliva and tears
Vestibulocochlear nerve attach, type, and function
Attach: Pons
Type: Sensory
Function: Hearing and equilibrium
Glossopharyngeal nerve attach, type, and function
Attach: Medulla
Type: Both
Function: Taste (posterior tongue), muscles at tongue base (gag reflex and swallowing), and phonation of pharynx
Vagus nerve attach, type, and function
Attach: Medulla
Type: Both
Function: Swallow, speak, parasympathetic visceral muscle movement, sensory info from the larynx, esophagus, trachea, and abdominal and thoracic viscera
True or False:
Color is an illusion created by the brain
True
True or False:
Cranial nerve II is the most accurate/veridical of the cranial nerves but isn’t perfect
True
True or False:
Vision is the only sensory system that provides accurate spatial info from a distance
True
What is the range of wavelengths our eye can perceive
390-740 nm
As you go right on the wavelength meter what happens to wavelength and frequency
Wavelength increases and frequency decreases
How fast does light move
300,000 km/s
True or False:
Light tends to travel in a straight line
True
What does light traveling in a straight line maintain
Spatial info
What is it called when you change the medium that light travels through changing it’s direction
Refraction
What is the process by which a beam of light spreading out as a result of passing through a narrow aperture or edge
Diffraction
True or False:
Light is a particle and a wave
True
A long wavelength has what frequency and energy
Low frequency and energy
A short wavelength has what frequency and energy
High frequency and energy
What does wavelength correlate to perceptually
Hue/color
What does amplitude correlate to perceptually
Brightness
What does purity correlate to perceptually
Saturation
What is the most important perceptual cue
Color
White light contains what
Every wavelength
The human eye has how many layers and chambers
3 layers
2 chambers
What is the outer layer of the eye
Sclera and cornea
What is middle layer of the eye
Choroid, iris, and ciliary body
What is the inner layer of the eye
Retina
What is in the anterior chamber
Aqueous humor
What is in the posterior chamber
Vitreous humor
What is the vascular layer of the eye
Choroid
What is the major refracting medium of the eye
Cornea
True or False:
The retina is organized so that it is able to work under low and high light conditions
True
Is the retina mostly rods or cones
Rods
What side of the retina does the the right side of the world project on
The left hemiretina
What are the 3 colors the cones can perceive
Red, blue, and green
What color can the rods see
Black only
What bend light when it comes into the eye
Cornea and lens
What is the blind spot due to
Lack of photoreceptors on the optic disc
What is the process in which light is converted into electrical stimuli by rods and cones
Transduction
True or False:
Primates have inverted retinae
True
What is the deepest layer of the retina
The photoreceptors
What are the 5 cell types of the retina in order from superficial to deep
- Ganglion cells
- Bipolar cells
- Amacrine cells
- Horizontal cells
- Photoreceptors
What are closer to/synapse with the rods and cones the amacrine cells or the horizontal cells
Horizontal cells
What are closer to/synapse with the ganglion cells the amacrine cells or horizontal cells
Amacrine cells
What is at the optic disc
Axons to the brain and blood supply to the eye
What is the fovea
The location on the retina where there is the highest concentration of cones and no rods
Where on the retina does the clearest part of our world fall
Fovea