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what’s the role of the iris ?

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changes size accommodate image in the pupil

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in what order does light travel through the eye ?

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cornea

lens

vitreous humour

retina

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what does it mean when we foveate ?

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bring image to central part of the retina

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why is there many blood vessels in the eye ?

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high metabolic activity

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what is special about the lens ?

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gelatinous material

designed to change shape

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what moves the lens ?

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cililary muscles which are attached through zonular fibres

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what is the measure of lens focussing power ?

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dioptere

average human eye 57-60 diopteres

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what determines lens strength ?

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curvature and refractive index

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where does refraction usually occur ?

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cornea
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further refraction caused by lens

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what is meant by accommodation ?

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focal length is changed by altering lens shape

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what happens when the ciliary muscle contracts ?

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loosens zonular fibres

causes lens to squish spherically

relieves ligament tension on lens

increases lens power

shortens focal length for closer objects

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what happens when ciliary muscles relax ?

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tightens zonular fibres

make sense more flat

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what happens when our lens is in focus ? - far away object (4)

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relaxed ciliary muscles

tension on zonular fibres

flattened lens

light rays nearly parallel

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what happens when the lens is out of focus ? (2)

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relaxed ciliary muscles

light rays from near objects diverge

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what happens when the lens is in focus? - close up object (4)

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contraction on ciliary muscles

relaxed zonular fibres

rounded lens

accommodation

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what is myopia ? (4)

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short sightedness

eye is too long

image focusses before hitting retina

concave lens helps reverse some refraction to bring focal point to retina

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what is hypermetropia ? (4)

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long sightedness

eye is to short

image focussed behind the eye

glasses lenses are thicker in middle , helps bring image forward

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what is presbyopia ? (3)

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when lens siezes up with age

doesn’t bulge when ciliary muscles contract

near point moves away

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what does the pupil do in relation to light ? (3)

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diameter changes light levels 2-8mm

can alter amount of light captured by 16 times

only a small portion of how the eyes adapt to light

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what are the pupil diameter muscles and what do they do ?

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sphincter pupillae- contracts making pupil smaller

dilator - contracts making pupil bigger

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why do we see better with a smaller pupil ? (3)

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higher quality image

greater depth of filed

compensates for myopia

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why is a larger pupil size less effective ?

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more scattered light and glare

increased spherical aberration - blurry

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what does reduced sensitivity to light do ?

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reduced quality of image

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what is an ophthalmoscope ?

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tool that shines light to back of retina

has an adjustable lens that can bring retina to focus

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what does it mean if the fovea has a high density ofphot receptors
higher aquity - image quality
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what re the 5 retinal cells ?
rods cones horizontals bipolars ganglion
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which retinal cells can carry an AP ?
ganglion
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what is special about the structure of the retina and how light travels through?
the photoreceptors are on the outside light has to travel through the structures to reach them its adjacent to the pigment epithelium which minimises reflectance
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what's special about the foveal retina ?
structures int he foveal retina are pushed to one side which reduces light scattering increases acuity
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what is the role of black pigment epithelium
minimises reflectance
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what's is the structure of rods and cones ?
folds of membrane that create disks the disks contain photopigment
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what is relevant in term son rods and cones density ?
acuity can be defined by the pointspread function - determines the minimum separation of 2 points before the are perceived as 2 separate entities
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what is photopigment ?
2 molecules ( retinal + opsin) combien to create photopigment this is called rhodopsin in rod cells
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what is photopigment bleaching ?
rhodopsin interacts with a light photon causing configurational change retinal and opsin then part - bleached
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how is the cell membrane hyperpolarised? (5)
opsin activates phosphodiesterase (PDE) PDE converts cGMP to GMP this opens Na channels closure of the Na channels cause hyperpolariastion due to K leaking out
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how does the firing rate of the ganglion cell change ?
rod/cone hyperpolariastion causes LESS neurotransmitter release (glutamate) this modulates the membrane potential of the bipolar cell inhib/excite
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what is scotopic vision ? (4)
low light vision rods only high sensitivity low acuity
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what is photopic vision ? (6)
high luminance cones only rod cells wont work - bleached low sensitivity high acuity foveal + peripheral
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what are the 4 adaptations to luminance ?
pupil size switch between rods and cones dark adaptation field adaptation
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what is dark adaptation?
bleaching/ regeneration of photopigment less light is needed to bleach which aids regeneration to protects light
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what is field adaptation ?
quick light adaptation automatic gain control within the photoreceptor calcium release mechanism in the photoreceptor
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adaptation is a constant trade of between what ?
sensitivity vs acuity
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which is more sensitive: rods or cones ?
rods by 1 order of magnitude
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where does more sensitivity come from in terms of cells ?
high convergence of rods onto ganglion cells via bipolar cells degree of convergence depends on the light conditions
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if only cones are used for colour vision in mesonic and scotopic vision, does it get better or worse ?
colour vision gets worse if only cones are used
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explain the distribution of rods and cones in the retina (4)
foveal vision is dependent on cones centre of the eye has high density of both rods and cones cones in periphery are poor compared to rods foveal acuity at night is poor
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what is meant by acuity ?
our ability to see sharp and defined shapes at certain distances
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explain the processing of info after the photoreceptor (4)
retinal processing reduces things of interest in our scenery changes both spacial and temporal imagery/field brain can recognise shapes through spatial awareness of edges helps us identify what we look at
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what is the concept of the receptive field ? (4)
ganglion cell is final output of retina each ganglion responds to many photoreceptors some photoreceptors excite/inhibit ganglion cell forms centre surround shape - causes lateral inhibition
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what is lateral inhibition ?
mediated by horizontal cells retinal ganglion cells are set up to detect edges respond better to both light and dark (shadows) rather than pure light and pure darkness
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what is a contrast illusion ?
an illusion where the perceived brightness or identical visual targets seems to differ depending on its background and ratio of brightness looks diff but is the same lol
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what is the theoretical 1 channel receptor system in terms of colour ?? (4)
responds to stimulus intensity one degree of freedom no discrimination except brightness monochrome system- limits ability to judge light
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what is the theoretical 2 channel receptor system in terms of colour ?? (5)
responds to 2 aspects of stimulus intensity 2 degrees of freedom can discriminate colours outputs are described by 2 numbers can be ambiguous
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what's the colour triangle ?
assumes constant luminance of all colour wavelengths any colour can be dialled by combo of red, green and blue
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what are the 2 factors that colour can be defined by ?
saturation - strength of colour hue - defines colour itself
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what does no wavelength stimulate in terms of colour ?
green cones no need to activate red+blue
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where does colour processing mainly take place ?
retina
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how do ganglion cells respond to colour?
responds to combination of red, green or blue doesn't respond indiv
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to activate the blue photoreceptor what happens ?
yellow inhibits blue
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to activate the green photoreceptor what happens ?
red inhibits green
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what are the types of colour disorders ?
pronatopes - no red dichromats - no green tritanopes - no blue
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what is meant by the brain is contralateral in terms of visual info ?
optic nerve splits at the optic chiasm left eye - right hemisphere of brain and vice versa
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how is info related to the visual cortex of the brain ?
via the lateral geniculate nucleus - in thalamus
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how is location of blindness useful ?
can help localise the anatomical lesion blindness in one eye- optic chiasm defecit part blind in both eyes - visual cortex / optic chiasm

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