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Physio Ch. 6
The Visual System
Question | Answer |
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Photons of energy Waves of electromagnetic radiation | Light |
Our eye detects only a narrow band of electromagnetic energy ROYGBIV Shortest:VIOLET Longest: RED | Electromagnetic Spectrum |
Light passes through the cornea, pupil, and lens, before being focused on the retina, and activating the photoreceptors (receptor cells for light), rods and cones | The human eye |
Process of adjusting the lens to bring an image | accomodation |
high acuity in good lighting; color vision | cones |
high sensitivity, allowing for low-acuity vision in dim light; movement | rods |
change in the form of energy and the beginning of neural signaling | transduction |
Photoreceptors>bipolar cells> ganglion cells | retina |
axon leaves retina | blind spot |
center of the retina, higher acuity, mostly cones | fovea |