Retina Flashcards

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Retina

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  1. Pigmented later
  2. Nervous layer:
    A.1. Photoreceptors
  3. Rod cells
  4. Cone cells
    B.1. Neural layer
  5. Blind spot
  6. Yellow spot
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Pigmented layer

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Structure: this pigmented layer of cuboidal cells birders on the choroid
Function: the dark pigment these cells contain help absorb light

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Photoreceptors

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There are two types: rods and cones
- they are modified neurons
- both sensitive to light
Photoreceptors convert light stimuli into nerve impulses

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Rod cells

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Structure: They are about 140 mil of these think elongated cells per eye
- they are found mainly in the peripheral regions of the retina
Function:
1. Respond to low-intensity and provide night (black and white)
2. They provide peripheral vision

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Cone cells

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Structure:
There are about 7 mil of these flatter cells per eye, found mainly in the yellow spot of the retina. Red, blue and green cones each respond to different wavelengths of light
Function:
1. The respond to bright-light intensity and enable colour to be scene
2. They provide sharp, clearer vision

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Neural layer

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Structure:
Layer of photoreceptors synapses with two layers of neurons. The axons of the second layer form the optic nerve which leaves the eye
Functions:
1. These neurons carry impulses from the photoreceptors
2. The optic nerve conducts impulses to the occipital lobe of the cortex where they are interpreted as sight

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Blind spot

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Structure:
- there are no rods or cones where the optic nerve leaves the eyeball
- blood vessels enter and leave the eye here
Functions:
This spot is not sensitive to light stimuli

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Yellow

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Structure:
- near the centre of the retina, to the side of the blind spot, is an oval area, the yellowspot
- the yellow spot contains mainly cones
Functions:
The yellow spot is the region of highest vacuum acuity, i.e. where vision is sharpest

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