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what is electromagnetic radiation

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photons (or waves) traveling through space and carrying energy

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what is electromagnetic spectrum

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the range of all possible frequencies of electromagnetic radiation

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what is electromagnetic radiation characterized by

what is the formula

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frequency and wavelength

v= c / lambda

c=speed of light
lambda=wavelenth
v=frequ

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energy is proportional to what

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frequency

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what are the 4 major eye componenets

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cornea
iris/pupil
crystallin lens (lens)
retina

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what is the refractive power of the cornea

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~40D bc of snell’s law

  • constant hydration
  • transparent
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what is the job of the iris/pupil

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iris: contracts and dilates
pupil: regulations retinal illumtination
- reducted aberrations
- increases depth and focus

range of pupil diameter 1-8mm

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what is the refractive power of the lens? what is its function

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~20D refractive power (relaxed)

  • necessary for accommodation
  • absorbs short wavelenth light

-chnage in power due to acc: 8D

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why does the lens change it’s refractive power

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to maintain focus as the object distance varies

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what happens when the lens accommodates

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the ciliary muscle is contracted, the zonular fibers are relaxed, the tension on the lens capsule is less, the lens becomes thicker and therefore increases its power D

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how does the lens absorb short wavelength light?
why does it do it?
it comes at a cost, what happens

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by producing chromophores

one possible explanation for this absorption is to protect the retina from high-energy, short wavelength light but comes at a cost=>CATARACTS

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what is presbyopia

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the lens loses its ability to change its refractive power

  • eye cannot accommodate as a result
  • onset is ~40 years of age
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what is a cataract

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lens becomes opaque losing its transparency

  • as a result, the light reaching the retina is less than normal
  • when opacity increases above some point, VA decreases and the lens has to be replaced w/ an artificial intra-ocular lens (IOL)
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in catacts, what kind of damage is there? what kind of disorganization of cells

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excessive oxidative damage

gross disorganization and disruption of fiber cells

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what is the retina the first stage of

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information processing
~400micrometers
-several layers
5cm x 5cm

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how large is the fovea

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1.8mm diameter

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how large is the foveal avascular zone

is there vasculature?

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  1. 7mm diamter

- no retinal vasculature

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how large is the foveola
what kind of density, what does it contain
what kind of features does it have

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0.3mm diamter
highest photoreceptor density (only cones)
thinnest part of retina
only outer retina features

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what is macula lutea
what kind of protiens are here
where is max concentration at?
what role

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yellow pigment
lutein, zeaxanthin and meso-zeaxanthin
maximum concentration in the fovea
protective role (AMD?)

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what is in the inner retina

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ILM 
NFL 
ganglion cell layer
IPL 
INL
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what is the outer retina

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OPL 
ONL 
OLM 
inner segemnts
outer segments 
RPE - bruch's
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where are the photoreceptors (rods and cones)

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ONL
OLM
Inner segments
outer segments

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if you keep the object size the same and double viewing dist, what happens to the visual angle

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it is halved

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if you keep the viewing dist the same and double the obj size then the visual angle is …..

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doubled

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what happens if for an object of approx 1 degree of visual angle we double the viewing dist
the object occupies now 0.5 of visual angle
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what happens if for an object of approx 1 degree we halve the viewing dist
the object occupies now 2 degrees of visual angle
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what happens if we double the size of the object at approx 1 degree and double the viewing dist
the object is still 2 degrees of visual angle
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light travels from LGN and visual cortex to where | how does the signal travel
photoreceptors | signal travels from photoreceptors to LGN and visual cortex
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wehre does disk shedding/disk phagocytosis occur
the outersegments of RPE
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``` for rods and cones respectively: count peak density time response directionality photopigment temporal resolution light sensitivity spatial sensitivity color visoin adaptation ```
``` 120 mill, 6 mill ~20 degrees, absent from fovea, 0 degrees -slow, fast -no, sensitive to scattered: yes, sens to direct light -rhodopsin, 3 pigments -low 12Hz, high 60 Hz -really high, low -low, high -no, yes -30 to 40 min, 5-8 min ```
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what is photopigment
a pigment that chemically reacts when it absorbs light (photons)
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what is the photopigment rods have | -what does it maximally absorb light at
rhodopsin | maximally absorbs light w/ 507 nm
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what are the 3 cone types | what do they absorb light at
1. s cones: have cyanolabe which maximally absorbs at 426 nm 2. m cones: chlorolabe which max absorbs at 530 nm 3. l cones have erythrolabe which max absorb at 557nm
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after the photons are absorbed by photopigment, what happens to the photoreceptors
hyperpolarize (their membrane potential becomes negative) | -photoreceptors are directly connected w/ their electrical activiety transmited to horizontal cells and bipolar cells
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what is the receptive field of a neuron in the visual system what is the receptive field of a single photoreceptor
the area that influences the neural activity of the cell ex. receptive field of a single photoreceptor is their outer segment aperture
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a cell that is connected to multiple photoreceptors will have a receptive field of what?
rf equal to the sum of the receptive fields of all of the photoreceptors that it is connected to
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what are center-surround receptive fields?
they have a center that depolarizes to light and a surround that hyperpolarizes to light
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what does the center surround receptive field show
spatial antagonism or lateral inhibition - a light has the opposite effect in the surround than in the center - one part of the receptive field wnats to become active while the other part does not
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what are the two types of horizontal cells? where do they receive input from how do they transmit signal where do they receive input from
H1: receive input mainly from both L and M cones H2: receive input mainly from S cones but also from L and M cones - they don't transmit any signal vertically only laterally - receive input from many cones
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what kind of surround are rod bipolar cells
no center surround RF (only ON)
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what are the 3 diff types of cone bipolar cells
midget bipolar cells diffuse bipolar cells s cone bipolar cells
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what is the size of midget bipolar cells in the fovea? where do they receive their input from in their center RF ? when do they become larger? what does their RF ceive input from?
they are smaller in the central fovea and receive input in their center RF from a single L or M cone they become larger in the periphery and receive input from multiple L or M cones in their center RF their surround RF receives input from both L and M cones
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what are the three modern theories the diff rod to bipolar cell interactions
1. rod to rod bipolar cell 2. rod to cone bipolar cell through gap junctions w/ cones 3. rod to cone ON and OFF bipolar cell
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how many types of amacine cells are there | how do they transmit their signal
22 transmit signal both vertically (from bipolar to ganglion cells) and laterally (from bipolar to bipolar)
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how many ganglion cell types ar ethere | what are the 3 types of ganglion cells that are 70% of the total GC population
17 1. midget: on and off center surround 2. parasol: on and off center surround 3. small bistratified: on and off -high density
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what photopigment do ipRGCs (intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells) contain? -what are they sensitive to
melanopsin | -sensitive at short wavelengths w/ a peak sensitivity at 488nm
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what is the significance of ipRGCs and what are complications that arise from them
sig: regulation of circadian rhythms - reg of pupillary light reflex complications: sleep disorders - seasonal affective disorder (winter blues)
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what kind of light do midget GCs, parasol GCs, and small-bistratified GCs relate to
midget: red green parasol: achromatic small bi: blue yellow
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where does the signal from the GCs project to through the nerve fibers and via the optic disc
lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN)
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what are the cells and the pathways for midget gcs parasol gcs small-bistratified gcs
midget: parvo cells (P) and parvocellular pathway parasol: mango cells (M) and magnocellular pathway small-bi: konia cells (K) and koniocellular pathway
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how do the pathways relate to in the LGN
remain segregate and anatomically distinct
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what are the 3 pathways considered to be componenets of
paraller retino-cortical processing
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what is the first structure where info from the LGN enters the visual cortex
primary visual cortex (V1)
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where is the primary visual cortex located
in the occipital lobe approx at the site of the inion
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how many layers does (V1) have? which pathways project to 4C layer? 4Cb? 4Ca?
- 6 layers w/ 1 being the most superfical - parvo and magnocellular pathway =4C - parvocellular -4Cb - magnocellular-4Ca
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what did hubel and wiesel propose
that the cortex is organized into ocular dominant columns and orientation selevtive columns -now, more complex geometries
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information from V1 distributes to what other areas in the ____
occipital lobe like V2, V4, IT (inferotemporal, MT/V5)
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what are the 2 info pathways formed from the cortex
the ventral processing stream | the dorsal processing stream
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what is the ventral processing stream
object identification and recognition
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where is the dorsal processing stream
object's spatial location visual guided behavior
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what is psychophysics
a sub discipline of psychology - internal (to the subject, soul) processes - the physical world
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waht is the fundatmentals to psychophysics
stimuls=>sensory system=> perception and response P,R=f (stiumuls)
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threshold is reciprolly realted to what
sensitivity
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what are the psychophysical tests in clnic
VA confrontational VF VF color vision tests
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what is the linear scale | what is the logarithmic scale
linear: a line which is divided into equal parts log: a line which is divided into equal orders of magnitude (scale of #s w/ a fixed ratio expressed as power of 10)

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