Vision and Eye movements Flashcards

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what is the coloured part of the eye?

A

the lens

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2
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what eye structure receives light from the lens?

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the retina

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3
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what is analogous to the skin?

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the retina

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4
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where are photoreceptors within the eye located?

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in the peripheral retina

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5
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what are photoreceptors analogous to?

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mechanoreceptors in the skin

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6
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what do photoreceptors respond to?

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a change in light

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7
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what are the types of photoreceptors?

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rods and cones

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8
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where are rods primarily found?

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the peripheral part of the retina

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9
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what does it mean that rods are achromatic?

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the don’t sense colour

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10
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what helps us to see in low levels of light?

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rods

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11
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are there more rods or cones?

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rods! 20:1 ratio

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12
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where are cones found in the retina?

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centre of the retina (fovea)

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13
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what lets us see colour?

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cones

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14
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what is the region of the retina where axons are leaving?

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optic disk

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15
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where in the eye are there no photoreceptors?

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in the optic disk (blind spot)

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16
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is the blind spot the same in both eyes?

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no

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17
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where does most of our vision come from?

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macula

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18
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what eye structure is responsible for detailed vision?

A

fovea

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19
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where does all the high acuity vision occur?

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in the center of the retina

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20
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what are the 2 types of ganglia in the ganglion cell layer of the eye?

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parasol ganglion cells

midget ganglion cells

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21
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what are characteristics of parasol ganglion cells?

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large cell bodies, receptive fields, axons

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22
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what are the characteristics of the midget ganglion cells?

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small cell bodies, receptive fields, axons

fine visual detail and colour

more numerous

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23
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what demographic often has macular degeneration?

A

people with diabetes
older individuals

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24
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what eye structure is impacted with macular degeneration?

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macula

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what does macular degeneration look like?
central vision affected
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what causes diabetic retinopathy?
excess blood sugar damages retinal blood vessels
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what does diabetic retinopathy look like?
patty vision loss throughout the visual field
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what is cataracts?
blurring of the lens or a clear coating over the eye
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what causes glaucoma?
increased intraocular pressure
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what eye structure is damaged in glaucoma?
the optic nerve so often peripheral deficits (looks like a spot light)
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once information leaves the eye where does it end up in the brain?
primary visual cortex
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as visual information comes into the eye, what happens to it?
it gets reversed and flipped upside down
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where do 60% of fibres cross?
optic chiasm
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what does the optic nerve turn into after the optic chiasm?
optic tract
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does the left optic tract contain fibres from the left or right eye?
both! optic tracts have information from both eyes
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where is the visual system going through the thalamus?
lateral geniculate bodies
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what are the magnocellular layers of the thalamus responsible for?
motion and spatial analysis (information received from the parasol ganglion cells)
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what are the parvocellular layers responsible for?
detailed form and colour (information from the midget ganglion cells)
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what is the conscious visual system?
retina-geniculate pathway
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why are the extrageniculate pathways named that?
because they do not go to the thalamus
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what are the subconscious visual systems?
extrageniculate pathway
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what is the purpose of the pretectum subcortical region?
controls the pupillary light reflex
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what is the function of the superior colliculus subcortical region?
controls orienting eye movements?
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what is the function of the hypothalamus subcortical region?
regulates circadian rhythms
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what artery supplies the occipital lobe?
posterior cerebral artery
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where is the primary visual cortex located?
in the occipital lobe
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what does the where pathway do?
analyses where something is in space
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where does the where pathway go?
up to the parietal lobe
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where does the what pathway go?
to the temporal lobe
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what happens at the what pathway?
information about form and colour is processed
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a lesion in what area of the brain can result in an inability to recognize faces?
right inferior temporal lobe
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what is the medical term for the inability to recognize faces?
prosopagnosia
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what muscles move the eyes laterally or medially?
lateral and medial rectus
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what muscles move our eyes up and down?
superior and inferior rectus
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what muscles turn our eyes in the socket?
inferior oblique (extorsion: turn our eyes out) superior oblique (intorsion: turns the eyes in)
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what is the key difference between skeletal muscles and eye muscles?
skeletal muscles are controlled by spinal nerves, eye muscles are controlled by cranial nerves
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what are the brainstem gaze centres?
responsible for the automatic control of our extra ocular muscles
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what do the brainstem gaze centers do?
direct the movement of the eyes (they coordinate the left and right eyes to move together)
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what does conjugate gaze mean?
both eyes move at the same time in the same direction
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what is the actual name of the horizontal gaze center?
PPRF
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what is the main function of the MLF?
it is yoking the two eyes together
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what does it mean that saccadic eye movements are ballistic?
once you start a saccade in a direction, you don't stop until you've rested on the object of interest
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what are the purpose of saccadic eye movements?
to bring targets of interest into our central vision
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what are saccades directed by?
our gaze enters
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what controls our saccades?
superior colliculus frontal eye fields
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what communicates with the PPRF to set off the horizontal eye gaze?
superior colliculus and frontal visual fields
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how do we track an object that's moving?
smooth pursuits
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can we do a smooth pursuit without a moving stimulus?
no
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smooth pursuits occur via which pathway?
the 'where' pathway
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what is optokinetic nystagmus a combination of?
saccade and smooth pursuit
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what is another term for optokinetic nystagmus?
"train nystagmus"