A&P 4 Flashcards
are active in high light conditions
cones
When light passes into a slower medium it is bend toward an angle ______________________ to the interface between the media.
perpendicular
For near vision
the ciliary muscles contract and the lens gets fatter
Photopigment is found in the ________________________________ of a photoreceptor.
outer segment
The phosphodiesterase in the photoreceptor that is involved in light signal transduction
converts cGMP into GMP
There are no photoreceptors in the
optic disc
Humans can only detect a very small portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.
True
Wavelengths of light that are ___________ by an object can be detected by our photoreceptors when we look at the object.
reflected
The most refraction of light occurs when light passes through the
cornea
The image that focuses on our retina is upside-down and backwards.
True
Contraction of the ciliary muscles in the eye causes the suspensory ligaments to
pull less on the lens
The ciliary muscle of the eye is primarily innervated by which branch of the nervous system?
parasympathetic
The stress response leads to enhanced
far-vision
Which cells in the retina would light hit first?
the ganglion cells
The fovea centralis is a pit in the retina.
True
At the optic chiasm
All axons from ganglion cells on the medial side of the retina cross to the contralateral side of
the brain.
The cochlear ducts is filled with _____________________, which is high in
Endolymph, potassium
Put the following in order from when you would have the highest action potential frequency to the
lowest action potential frequency in an off-center ganglion cell.
a. Light hits only the receptive field center
b. Light hits only the receptive field surround
c. Light hits the whole receptive field
bca
Put the following in order from when you would have the highest action potential frequency to the
lowest action potential frequency in an on-center ganglion cell.
a. Light hits only the receptive field center
b. Light hits only the receptive field surround
c. Light hits the whole receptive field
acb
An on-center ganglion cell has a red cone center and a blue cone surround. Put the following in order
from when you would have the highest action potential frequency to the lowest action potential
frequency.
a. No light in shone on the receptive field
b. Red light is shone over the entire receptive field
c. Violet light is shone over the entire receptive field
d. White light is shone over the entire receptive field
badc
The scala vestibuli and the scala tympani are connected at the ___________________________, which
is at the apex of the cochlea.
helicotrema
What is produced by the ceruminous glands?
ear wax
Ganglion cells synapse in which thalamic nucleus?
lateral geniculate nucleus
What is the abbreviation for the glutamate receptor on on-center bipolar cells? What type of receptor is
it?
mGlu R6
Gi protein coupled receptor