Chapter 5- Vision
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
