Visual Pathways/Oculomotor Flashcards
Cone or rod?
Function optimally in light adaptations
Cone
Cone or rod?
Mediate central and color vision
Cone
Cone or rod?
Greatest density in fovea
Cone
Greatest density of rods?
20 degrees from fovea
Cone or rods?
More abundant in peripheral retina
Rods
Cone or rods?
Function optimally in dark adaptation
Rods
Axons from ganglion cells of nasal retina of each eye (cross/do not cross) in the ____
Cross
optic chiasm
Nasal retina receives visual information from ____
temporal visual field
Temporal retina receive visual information from ___
nasal visual field
superior retina receives information from ____
inferior visual field
Visual information pass through ____ from retinal ganglion cells to primary visual cortex
Lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) of the thalamus
Axons of ipsilateral retinal ganglion cells synapse in ___
layers 2, 3, 5 of lateral geniculate nucleus
Axons of contralateral retinal ganglion cells synapse in ___
Layers 1, 4, 6 of lateral geniculate nucleus
Magnocellular pathway are composed of layer ____ of LGN
Concerned with:
1 and 2
movement detection, detection of low contrast, dynamic form perception
Parvocellular pathway composed of ___ layers of LGN
Concerned with:
3 and 6
Color selective and responsive to high contrast
Most peripheral temporal visual field arises from (paired/unpaired) (crossed/uncrossed) axons from the (nasal/temporal) retina that projects to ____
Unpaired
Crossed
Nasal
Most anteromedial portion of visual cortex
Macular disease produces ____
hemeralopia (day blindness)
Peripheral retinal disease produces ____
Nyctalopia (night blindness)
Diseases of optic nerve produces (3):
Central vision loss: decreased visual acuity w/ central scotoma
Impaired color vision
Impaired contrast vision
Cardinal sign of optic nerve disease
Relative afferent pupillary defect: affected pupil will dilate when illuminated in swinging flashlight test
Disease of optic chiasm produce:
Bitemporal hemianopia = temporal visual field defect
b/c only crossing fibers from nasal retina affected
Disease affecting retrochiasmal visual pathway produces:
Homonymous hemianopia = visual field defect of same half of the visual field in bowth eyes
Diseases affecting superior fibers produce:
homonymous inferior quadrantanopia = visual field defect of same inferior quarter of visual field in both eyes
Ventral pathway of primary visual cortex is involved in:
Object identification and recognition