vision Flashcards
function of anterior compartmetn lens system of the eye
focus lgiht on retina
function of posterior compartment of the eye
transduce light into electricl signal
project visual signal to cortex
center of the retina, color vision, only cones present, highest visual acuity
fovea
what do clinicans use to look at increased optic pressure?
optic disc
what is responsible for the blood supply to the retina?
optic disc
optic disc with an inverted, diffuse margin
glaucoma
optic disc with an everted, diffuse margin
papilledema
What is the light sensitive region of the eye?
retina
How many cones in the retina?
3 million
what are cones and rods responsible for?
cones- color
rods- night
abundant photopigment, high sensitivity, saturated in daylight, slow response, 1 visual pigment
rods
low sensitivity, less photopigment, fast response, 3 visual pigments
cones
What is the visual pigment cycle?
- rods (and cones) contain visual pigment- light causes photoactivation (11-cis to all-trans retinal)
- metarhodopsin II (all trans config) triggers phototransduction
- Rhodopsin contains scotopsin and visual pigment
- all-trans retinal recycled by isomerase to 11-cis retinal
- 11-cis configuration required to bind scotopsin
vitamin A
precursor for all-trans retinal
what catalyzes conversion to retinal?
retinol dehydrogenase
vitamin A deficiency
causes decrease all-trans retinal and decrease in rhodopsin cuasing night blindess- poor senstitivty in dim light
how do rods depolarize in dark?
cGMP- gated channels open which allow sodium influx (‘dark current’)
glutamate released
What closes the cGMP-gated channels?
rhodopsin photoactivation
sodium influx stops causing hyperpolarization
What is the mechanism for phototransduction?
- rhodopsin bleaching activates transducin
- transducin activates cGMP PDE to degrade cGMP to 5’-GMP
- [cGMP] decreaases
- cGMP channel closes
- Rod hyperpolarizes and neurotransmitter terminated
What allows difference in the 3 scotopsins’ wavelengths?
slight amino acid differences
Tuning allows
each cone to have an absorbance maximum for particular wavelengths of light
What are the normal cone spectral sensitivty peaks for each color?
blue- 437
green- 533
red- 564
What is true color blindess and what is the cause?
a mutation causing complete lack of a cone
X chromsome
What is color deficiency?
less severe mutation causing a shift of absorbance spectrum
Deuteranomaly
green cone peak sensitivity is shifted toward red (5% males)
protanomaly
red cone peak shifted towards green (1% males)
Signals (except GC) are propagated by
electrotonic conduction
photoreceptors synapse on
bipolar cells and HC cells
Bipolar cells synapse on
ganglion cells with axons and ‘true’ action potentials
amacrine cells
retinal sensitivity increases 10,000 at 40 min dark
rods
dark adaption 4x faster; saturation
cones