Special Senses - Vision Flashcards
If an object is far away, light rays have_____ and _____ rays enter the eye. Does or does not need a lot of refraction.
diverged
only parallel
does not need a lot of refraction
If an object is near, light rays are_____. Need ________refaction to make the rays focus on the retina.
still diverging
more refraction
To focus an image on the retina, the eye uses
refraction
two sights of refraction
cornea and lens
cornea role in refraction
1st site of refraction
bends light the most of any structure (2/3 of the bending)
the amount of bending is fixed - we can’t control it
why do we need the variable refection provided by the lens
so we can see near things and farthings
Accommodation requires what 3 components
ciliary muscle, suspensory ligaments, the lens itself
Near vision requires ______ of the ciliary muscle
contraction.
when ciliary muscle contracts, the tension on suspensory ligaments ______ . The lens becomes _____
is released.
rounder
increasing the curvature of the lens ______ the refractive power of the lens
increases. allows the light rays from a nearby object to be bent sufficiently to bring them into focus on the retina
In young children, the lens can add ____ diopters, in the mid 20s, a loss of _____ results in a strength of ___ diopters. By 50s, the lens may be able to add only ____ diopters
20
elasticity
10
1
Far vision requires ______ of the ciliary muscle
relaxation
when the ciliary muscle relaxes, the tension on suspensory ligaments ______. The lens becomes _______.
increases
flat
decreased curvature of the lens _____ refractive power of the lens
decreases. if the object is far away, less bending of the parallel light rays is required, the lens needs to be flatter.
The near response includes (3)
contraction of ciliary muscles
convergence of eyes to point of focus
constriction of pupil
constriction of the pupil in the near response does what
reduces the opening for light to enter, eliminating some diverging light rays - this allows us to focus better.
In the retina, light moves from ____ to _____
the inner limiting membrane to the pigment epithelium through multiple layers of cells
in the retina there are multiple cell types (5)
photoreceptor cells bipolar cells ganglion cells horizontal cells amacrine cells
Light passes through all of the layers of cells (except RPE). as a result, there is
distortion of the image that the retina will take care of
Vertical pathway of the retina is composed of (3)
photoreceptor
bipolar cell
ganglion cell
The vertical pathway is the pathway for
relaying visual information to the brain
The circuit for the _____ seems to be the base for all vision
cones
photoreceptors have a constant release of ____
glutamate
in the dark - photoreceptor release of glutamate is _____
high
when a photon activates photoreceptor, release of glutamate is______
low (remember that light hyper polarizes the rods and cones)
Vertical pathway for cones
- light hits a photoreceptor
2. photoreceptor is hyperpolarized => decreased release of NT (glutamate) onto a bipolar cell
On-center bipolar cell
activation of photoreceptor (decrease glutamate to center of cell) in CENTER of bipolar cell’s receptive field causes DEPOLARIZATION of the bipolar cell.
activation of photoreceptor (decreased glutamate to periphery) in the SURROUNDING region causes HYPERPOLARIZATION of the bipolar cell
Off- center bipolar cell
activation of photoreceptor (decreased glutamate to periphery) in the SURROUNDING region causes DEPOLARIZATION of the bipolar cell
activation of photoreceptor (decreased glutamate to center of cell) in CENTER of bipolar cell;s receptive field causes HYPERPOLARIZATION of the bipolar cell
When a photoreceptor is activated, where does depolarization occur in an on center bipolar cell as compared to an off center bipolar cell>
the center
the periphery
if a photoreceptor activates an on center bipolar cell, what type of receptor are we thinking
metabotropic
if a photoreceptor activates an off center bipolar cell, what type of receptor are we thinning
AMPA
On-center bipolar cell mechanism
metabotropic receptor
NT binding the receptor (DARK) causes a DECREASE in cation influx
so… in the dark, the on-center cell is hyper polarized
with light, photoreceptor releases LESS glutamate, so cation current increases and the on center cell is depolarized