Visual sensory information

Question 1

The ______________ takes light and turns it into a neural impulse

Answer 1

photoreceptor

Question 2

Inside the retina what two important cells are there?

Answer 2

1. Rod
2. Cone

Question 3

Rod & cone receptors take light & turn it into a _____________

Answer 3

neutral impulse

Question 4

Rods are sensitive to light & good for ____________ vision

Answer 4

Night (allow you to see at night)

Question 5

Cone are responsible for ________ vision

Answer 5

Color

Question 6

What are the types of cones?

Answer 6

1. Red cones (sensitive to red light)
2. Green cones (sensitive to green light)
3. Blue cones (sensitive to blue light)

Question 7

The cones are located in the phobia __________

Answer 7

phobia (allow you to see really find details in pictures)

Question 8

Once light enters the retina & the back of the eye, then ____________________ happens

Answer 8

Phototransduction cascade

Question 9

Phototransduction cascade is a set of things that happen when light hits a _____ or cone

Answer 9

rod

Question 10

When there is no light a rod is turn on but when light hits the rod its turned off & then it being turned off turns on a bipolar cell which then turns on a retinal ____________ which turns into a optic nerve that gets sent to the brain

Answer 10

ganglion cell

Question 11

The process of turning from on to off is the ____________________

Answer 11

Phototransduction cascade