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biology - 18 - response to stimuli > The Eye > Flashcards

The Eye Flashcards

1
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What are the light receptors in the eye

A

Rods and cones

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2
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Why are the rides and cones also transducers

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They convert light energy into the electrical energy of a nerve impulse

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3
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What are light sensitive pigments

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They breakdown when exposed to certain intensities or wavelengths of light

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4
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Where do pigments breakdown

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Photoreceptors

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5
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What does the breakdown of pigment in the photoreceptors trigger

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Generator potential in bipolar neurones they synapse with

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What do bipolar neurones synapse with

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Sensory neurones in the optic nerve which directly connect with the brain

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7
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What photosensitive pigment do rod cells contain

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Rhodopsin

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8
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What does rhodopsin detect and in what light intensity

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Detect light at very low light intensity

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9
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How do rod cells cross the threshold value to reduce a generator potential

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  • low light intensity has enough energy to breakdown rhodopsin
  • retinal convergence occurs
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10
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What is retinal convergence

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A number of rods are connected to 1 bipolar neurone which gives a greater chance of crossing the threshold in the bipolar neurone and creating a generator potential

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Why must a the threshold value be crossed

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To make sure generator potential occurs leading to a action potential being transmitted to bipolar neurone and impulse goes to the brain

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12
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Explain why rod cells don’t see colour

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Cannot distinguish differences between wavelengths of light therefore images appear in back and white

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13
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What type of intensity to cone cells respond to

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High light intensity

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14
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What photosensitive pigment do cone cells contain

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Iodopsin

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15
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Why do cone cells only respond to high light institute

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Iodopsin in cone clls is only broken down at high light intensity
They are each connected to a single bipolar neurone so stimulation of a number of cone cells can’t be combined to exceed the threshold value = low retinal convegance

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16
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How do cone cells allows us to see colour

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  • 3 different type of cone each witch different type of Iodopsin
  • each type of Iodopsin is sensitive to a specific range of wave lengths
  • depending on proportion of each type of stimulation we see imagines in full images
17
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What is trichromatic theory

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  • depends on colour mixing of the primary colour green red and blue
  • Proposes there are 3 types of of cone sensitive to three wavelengths, if one of these types is stimulated on its own we will see that colour
18
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What is colour seen also determined by

A

Excitation of the 3 receptors

19
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Red

A

Cone sensitive to red

20
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Green

A

Cone sensitive to green

21
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Blue

A

Cone sensitive to blue

22
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Yellow

A

Cone sensitive to red and green

23
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Cyan

A

Cone sensitive to green and blue light

24
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Magenta/purple

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Cone sensitive to blue and red light

25
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White

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Cone sensitive to red blue and green light

26
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What is visual acuity

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The ability for the eye to resolve 2 or more stimuli separated spatially

27
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Are cones or rods responsible for visual acuity

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Cones

28
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Why do rod cells give low visual acuity

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  • objects cannot be distinguished as separate due to low visual acuity
  • connected to same bipolar neurone = high density
  • light received fro rod cells sharing same cell only generate a singe impulse regardless of number of rods that are stimulated
29
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High visual acuity

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  • Objects can be distinguished as separate due to high visual acuity
    Connected to separate bipolar neurones - low sensitivity
30
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What part of retina are cones situated

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The fovea

31
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Rod connection

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  • high retinal conveyance
  • greater chance threshold value is reached at low light intensity = high sensitivity
  • low visual acuity
32
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Cone connection

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  • low retinal convergence
  • Smaller chance of threshold value will be reached at low light intensity = low sensitivity
  • high visual acuity
33
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Importance of fovea

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Enables accurate vision in bight light and colour vision

34
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What allows us to detect objects in ver low light

A

Retinal convergnace - many rods synapse to a single neurone

35
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What allows us to distinguish between points very close together

A

Visual acuity - one cone synapses to a singe neurone

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