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Retina

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Receptive surface inside the eye that contains photoreceptors and other neurons

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Transduction

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Conversion of one form of energy to another, ex. light to neuron signals

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Cornea

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Transparent outer layer of the eye, fixed curvature. Bends light rays and is primarily responsible for forming the image on the retina

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Refraction

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Bending of light rays by the change in density of a medium. Ex. the cornea and lens of the eye.

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Lens

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Structure in the eye that helps focus the image on the retina

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Ciliary muscles

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One of the muscles that controls the shape of the lens inside the eye, focusing the image on the retina

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Accommodation

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Process by which ciliary muscles adjust the lens to focus a sharp image on the retina.

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Myopia

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Nearsightedness, unable to focus retinal image of objects that are far away. Eyeball is too long, and image is blurred on retina.

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Extraocular muscle

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Muscle that controls the position and movement of eyeball

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Photoreceptor

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Neural cell in retina that responds to light

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Rod

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Photoreceptor in retina that is most active at low levels of light

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Cone

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Photoreceptor of several classes in the retina that are responsible for color vision

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Bipolar Cell

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Interneuron in retina that receives information from rods and cones and passes the information to retinal ganglion cells.

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Ganglion Cells

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Any of a class of cells in the retina whose axons form the optic nerve

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Optic Nerve

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Cranial Nerve II, the collection of ganglion cells axon that extend from the retina to the brain

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Horizontal Cell

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Specialized retinal cells that contacts both photoreceptors and bipolar cells

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Amacrine Cells

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Specialized retinal cells that contacts both bipolar cells and ganglion cells and is especially significant in inhibitory interactions within the retina.

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Scotopic system

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System in retina that operates at low levels of light and involves the rods

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Convergence

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Phenomenon of neural connections in which many cells send signals to one cell

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Photopic System

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System in the retina that operates at high levels of light, shows sensitivity to color, and involves the cones

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Rhodopsin

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Photopigment in rods that responds to light

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Pupil

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Opening, formed by the iris, allows light to enter the eye

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Iris

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Circular structure of the eye that provides an opening to form pupil

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Range Fractionation

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Means by which sensory systems cover a wide range of intensity value, as each sensory receptor cell specializes in just one part of the overall range of intensities.

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Photoreceptor adaptation
Tendency of rods and cones to adjust their light sensitivity to match current levels of illumination
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Visual acuity
Sharpness of vision
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Fovea
Central portion of the retina, packed with the highest density of photoreceptor and is the center of our gaze
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Optic disc
region of the retina that is devoid of receptor cells because ganglion cell axons and blood vessels exit the eyeball there
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Blind Spot
Portion of the visual field from which light falls on the optic disc
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Occipital Cortex
"Visual cortex". The cortex of the occipital lobe of the brain, corresponding to the primary visual area of the cortex
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Optic Chiasm
Point at which parts of the two optic nerves cross the midline
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Optic Tract
Axons of the retinal ganglion cells after they have passed the optic chiasm. Most terminate in the lateral geniculate nucleus
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Lateral Geniculate Nucleus (LGN)
Part of the thalamus that receives information from the optic tract and sends it to visual areas of the occipital cortex
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Optic Radiation
Axons from the lateral geniculate nucleus that terminate in the primary visual areas in the occipital cortex
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Primary Visual Cortex (V1)
"striate cortex or area 17" region of the occipital cortex where most visual information first arrives. features a prominent striation, corresponding to the convergent binocular inputs.
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Extrastriate cortex
visual cortex outside of the primary visual (striate) cortex
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Visual Field
Whole are that you can see without moving your head or eyes.
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Topographic projection
Mapping that preserves the point-to-point correspondence between neighboring parts of space.
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Scotoma
Region of blindness within visual fields, caused by injury to the visual pathway or brain
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Blindsight
Paradoxical phenomenon whereby, within scotoma, a person cannot consciously perceive visual cues but may still be able to make some visual discrimination
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Receptive Field
Stimulus region and features that affect the activity of a cell in a sensory system
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On-center bipolar cell
Retinal bipolar cell that is excited by light in the center of its receptive field
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Off-center bipolar cell
Retinal bipolar cell that is inhibited by light in the center of its receptive field
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On-center ganglion cell
Retinal ganglion cell that is activated when light is presented to the center, rather than periphery of the cells receptor field
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Off-center ganglion cell
Retinal ganglion cell that is activated when light is presented to the periphery, rather than the center of the cells receptor field
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On-center/Off-surround
Concentric receptor field in which stimulation of the center excites the cell of interest while stimulation of the surround inhibits it
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Off-center/On-surround
Concentric receptive field in which the stimulation fo the center inhibits the cell of interest while stimulation of the surrounding excites it.
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Lateral Inhibition
Phenomenon by which interconnected neurons inhibit their neighbors, producing contrast at the edges of regions.

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