vision Flashcards

1
Q

macula

A

area of 95% of our vision
dark spot on eye images

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2
Q

when looking at a photo of the eye - what is the white spot

A

optical nerve

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3
Q

optical factors that affect VA

A

pupil size, refractive errors, clarity of optics

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4
Q

fovea

A

dense area of cones
centre of macula

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5
Q

where are there peak rods?

A

off-centre of macula

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6
Q

blind spot

A

no rods or cones

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7
Q

photopigments in rods & cones

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rods: rhodopsin
(1 of 3): cone-opsins -> bind to Vit. A

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8
Q

vitamin A

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receives signal & changes photopigment (like an antenna)
bound to rhodopsin & opsin
both rods and cones

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9
Q

phototransduction

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photopigments have vitamin A attached
when light enters, 11-cis retinal becomes all-trans retinal (the kink straightens)
this results in a messenger cascade

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10
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rods vs cones

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rods:
Night / BW vision
1 type
Absent from fovea
100 million
More sensitive

cones:
Day / Colour vision
3 types
Densest at fovea
5 million
Less sensitive

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11
Q

effect of light on photoreceptors

A

hyperpolarised

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12
Q

state of photoreceptors at night

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depolarised due to continuous influx of sodium ions via cGMP

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13
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state of photoreceptors during day

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cGMP -> GMP closes channel
No influx of sodium therefore hyperpolarised

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14
Q

passage of info within retina

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photoreceptors -> bipolar cells -> ganglion cells

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15
Q

lateral interactions

A

horizontal cells (modify signal as it comes down, see things like flicker & edges)
amacrine cells

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16
Q

bipolar cells

A

2nd order cells
spatial & colour vision

17
Q

ganglion cells

A

output cells of the retina
release glutamate via a.p. firing

18
Q

ON ganglion cells

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depolarise, send a.p. to brain

19
Q

OFF ganglion cells

A

hyperpolarise, stops a.p. to brain

20
Q

M ganglion

A

big (big r.f.)
target lateral
motion detection, flicker, gross features

21
Q

P ganglion

A

small
visual acuity and colour
more numerous

22
Q

receptive fields
(what do they do and how)

A

maximise edge detection
via. centre-surround organisation

23
Q

lateral inhibition
(horizontal and amacrine)
what nt’s?

A

via. horizontal cells
provide output to photoreceptors
inhibitory NT GABA
respond to light by hyperpolarising

via. amacrine cells
glycine and gaba NTs

24
Q

visual pathway

A

retina - optic nerve - lateral geniculate nucleus - optic radiations - V1

25
optic chiasm
fibres from right and left optic nerves combine
26
crossing of vision
L side of both eyes is processed at right side of brain
27
LGN *lateral geniculate nucleus* where in brain & what layers receive what input?
apart of the thalamus layers 1-2: receive input from M layers 3-6: receive input from P
28
ocular dominance columns
functions of neurons in layer 4C
29
orientation columns
neurons best respond to a certain orientation *organised like a box*
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M type to what layer
to layer 4Ca
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P type to what layer
to layer 4CB
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ventral vs dorsal in vision
dorsal: where in visual field ventral: what are you seeing
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ventral vs dorsal in vision
dorsal: where in visual field ventral: what are you seeing
34
area MT (processes what? input from where? retinotopic info from where?)
processing object motion input from later 4B Retinotopic info from V2 and V3
35
ventral stream *vision*
V1, V2, V4 shape and colour perception
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area IT *inferior temporal* *ventral stream*
major output of V4 visual memory and perception perception of faces