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Vision: the eye Flashcards

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Describe the physical nature of light

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Electromagnetic radiation that travels in waves. Speed of light is 299,792,258m/sec

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What is a photon?

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A particle of light

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What is amplitude, wavelength and frequency?

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A - Intensity
W - distance between peaks
Frequency (Hz) - number of waves that pass a given point per second

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What is the cornea?

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Transparent outer coating at the front of the eye (principle means of focus)

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What is the sclera?

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White opaque outer coating

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What is the pupil?

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Circular hole in the centre of the iris through which light enters

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What is the iris?

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Visible through the cornea, coloured

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What is the lens?

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Transparent focusing element of the eye

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What is the retina?

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Array of photoreceptors and neural circuitry that covers the back surface of the eye

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What is the fovea?

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Part of the eye upon which the centre of an image falls

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What is the optic nerve?

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Bundle of nerve fibres that carry nerve impulses from the retina to the brain

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Where is the anterior chamber?

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Between the cornea and the iris

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Where is the posterior chamber?

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Between the iris and the lens

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14
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What do both the anterior and posterior chamber contain?

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Aqueous

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15
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Where is the vitreous chamber?

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Behind the lens

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What does the vitreous chamber contain?

17
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How does the lens focus on the stimuli?

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Lens changes shape to adjust the focus (Accomodation)

18
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What is photo transduction?

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Light is detected in the retinal image and is transformed from light energy to electrochemical energy

19
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What are the 2 types of photoreceptors in the retina?

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Rods and cones

20
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What are rods?

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Responsible for vision at low levels of light, very sensitive to darkness. Have a coarse spatial structure - 120 million located in the peripheral retina

21
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What are cones?

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Responsible for vision in bright light and in colour. FIne details - 6 million located in the fovea and the peripheral retina

22
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What is the blind spot?

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Point on the retina where the optic nerve leads to the brain so there are no photoreceptors

23
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What is the pathway to the optic nerve?

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Light - cornea - pupil - lens - retina - optic nerve

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