Senses- Test 9 Flashcards
What are the Five senses
Touch
Tearing
Sight
Taste
Smell
Funcyion of chemoreceptors
Detect Oxygen/ph and some organic molecules
Mechanoreceptors detect
Pressure
Vibration
Acceleration
Sound
Cell stretch is detected by
Osmoreceptors
Difference between photoreceptors and thermorecepetors
Photo- photons of light
Thermo- degree of heat
Pain and noxious stimuli are detected by
Nocireceptors
Four types of stimuli
Visual
Auditory
Olfactory
Gustatory
List examples of disease of eye
Diabetic retinopathy
Cataracts
Colour blindness
Dry eye
Glaucoma
What is the difference between normal retina and diabetic retinopathy
Diabetic has haemorrhages with abnormal growth of blood vessels
Aneurysms cotton wool spots
Describe the difference between sense and perception
Sense is physicochemical, process of sensing environment
Perception is psychological a way of interpreting these signals
List the process of interpreting info
Sensory process project to thalamus
Thalamus relays to visual cortex
Outer region of cerebral cortex linked to visual function
List the functions of thalamus
Act as translator
Inputs processed here
Sense info relayed to the cerebral cortex
What is rubins vase
Cognitive optical illusion of mental choice of two interpretations
Explain the figure ground concept
Concept where its impossible to interpret two images at the same time
Explain the motion after effect
Staring consistently at movement in particular direction adapts your visual neurone encoding one motion direction.
As a result stationary scene look like moving
In the absence of image motion neurons, what will happen after staring at moving object
Equal response, when looking away, picture will look still rather than moving
What are the 3 concentric layers of eye
Outer layer- cornew
Middle iris ciliary body
Inner layer - retina
Function of outer layer
Cornea & sclera
Cornea protective epi layer
Sclera tough connective tissue know as white of eye
Function of middle layer
Iris and ciliary body made of ciliary muscle and process.
Choroid beneath sclera absorbing light and prevents reflection
Function of inner layer
Retina containing photoreceptors
Role of lens
Convex shaped lens bend light to focus on retina
- Lens =Light
-muscle = far/close*
Role of ciliary muscle
-**Change lens shape ***
by relaxing and contracting muscle
Role of sclera
White connective tissue
Role of retina
Contain photoreceptors
Role of fovea
Central point of the retina
Role of optic disk
Blind spot where optic nerve and vessels leave
Complete the sentence
In normal vision, light from image focused by lens
Falls on back of retina and image seen in focus
What happens to light before striking on retina
Modified
How is light modified before striking retina- describe in detail
First modulated by pupils (bright narrow/ dark open)
Second accommodation- lens changes shape to adjust refractive power so image focuses
Compare how the ciliary muscle contracts and relaxed in relation to objects
Ciliary muscle contracts - lens rounded to focus close objects
Ciliary muscle relaxed - lens elongated to visualise fat objects
The iris consists of 2 smooth muscle, explain how they change and their nervous stimulation
Inner circular - constriction - parasympathetic stimulation
Outer radial- dilation- sympathetic stimulation
Pigments in the eye are caused by what
Melanocytes
Which nervous system control accommodation mechanisms
Parasympathetic
What happens to the eye when there is NO parasympathetic stimulation
Ciliary muscle relaxed
Lens flattened
Ligaments pulled tight
What happens to the eye when THERE IS parasympathetic stimulation
Ciliary muscle contracts
Lens round
Ligaments slackened
Describe the pupil reflex
Consensual response used to asses integrity of sensor and motor function
In response to the pupil reflex, what will happen when light is exposed to one eye
Both pupils constrict
In response to pupil reflex, what would happen in an abnormal situation when light is shone in one eye
Second eye does not respond- sign of ocular motor nerve damage
What are the two visual fields and what are they responsible for
Binocular field- left and right field overlap
Monocular - visual field for one eye
How is image projected
Upside down on retina and brain reverses image
What are the 3 layers of retina and what are they responsible for
Inner - ganglions
Middle- bipolar
Outer- photoreceptors rods and cones
Explain reverse layer order
Light pass through inner and then middle and blood before photoreceptors
In relation to vision, state function of rods and cones
Rods black and white
Cones colour
In relation to abundance in retina state difference between rods and cones
Rods higher abundance than cones in retina
In relation to concentration in retina state difference between rods and cones
Rods highest conc in periphery of retina
Cones highest conc in fovea
In relation to acuity, state difference between rods and cones
Rods low visua acuity
Cones high visual acuity
In relation to convergence with bipolar cell state the difference between rods and cones
Rods- high convergence with bipolar cell
Cones- low
In relation to light conditions, describe the difference between rods and cones
Rods low light
Cones high light
In relation to sensitivity describe the diff between rods and cones
Rods high sensitivity
Cones low sensitivity
State the ration between bipolar cells AND
Rods
Cones
3 rods / 1 bipolar cell
1 cone/ bipolar cell
Describe what happens when rods are stimulated
In response to low light, rods stimulated, infor pooled and convergence
Complete sentence…
Signal summation leads to
Weak stimuli detection
Rods have…
High sensitivity
Low resolution
Explain first process of transduction
Light absorbed by photopigments
Rods - rhodopsin
Retinal - opsin
Cones- red green blue
Explain process of rhodopsin bleaching
Retinal absorbs light, changes shape + release opsin
Rhodopsin destroyed by bright light
When rhodopsin is destroyed by bright light, what makes new disks
Photorecptors
Three types of colour blindness
Tritanopia
Deuteronpia
Propanolia
Defects in tritanopia
S cone
Blue yellow defect
Defects in deutronpia
M cone defect green yellow red
Defects in propanolia
i cone
Green yellow red defect with reduced intensity
How many cranial nerves does the eye have
6
Optic nerve functions
Nerve 2
Sense incoming images and light disples on retina
Send infor to cerebral cortex
Autonomic - change pupil size
Oculomotor nerve 3 functions
Motor innervation of extraocular muscle
Autonomic- constriction of muscle
Trochlear nerve 4
Motor innervation
Only innervates superior oblique muscle
Trigeminal 5
3 branches-
Opthalmic sensory innervation of eye
Afferent part of corneal
Lacrimation reflex
Abductees nerve 6
Innervate 1 muscle
Lateral rectus
Facial nerve 7
Eye closure
Blinking by motor innervation of orbicularis oculi muscle
Sensory efferent outpu for corneal & lacrimation reflex of eye
How many muscles does eye have
6
Superior oblique
Downward and outward movement