Chapter 5- Vision

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Cells that get information from bipolar cells and send it to other bipolar, amacrine, or ganglion cells and are also important for complex visual processing are ___.

Amacrine cells

Pupil

An opening in the center of the Iris in which light enter the eye.

Within the vertebrate retina, receptors send their message to ____.

Bipolar cells

The point at which the optic nerve leaves the eye is known as the _____ because it have no visual receptors.

Blind spot

Fovea

Central portion of the macula specialized for acute, detailed vision. Has the least impeded vision.

Bipolar cells send their message to ___, which then join together and loop around to travel back to the brain.

Ganglion cells

Bipolar cells

Neurons located close to the center of the eye

Ganglion cells

Neurons located even closer to the center of the eye

The ganglion cells join together to form the ____.

Optic nerve (optic tract)

Retina

Rear surface of the eye, lined with visual receptors

Midget ganglion cells

The ganglion cells in humans and other primates.... they are small and each receives an input from a single cone

What is the pupil focused by?

The lens (adjustable) and cornea (not adjustable) and projected into the retina

T/F- each come in the fovea has a direct line to the brain and can register the exact location of any point of light on the fovea

True


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