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T/F: the eye is a globe that is filled with fluids

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True

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How many layers does the eye have?

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Three
Outer layer, middle layer, and inner layer (retina)

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Where are the vision receptors in the eye?

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In the inner layer (retina)

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What fluids are in the eye?

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Aqueous humor and vitreous humor

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What is aqueous humor?

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Thin watery fluid anterior to the lens, between the lens and the cornea

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Does aqueous humor contain nutrients for the cornea and the lens since the cornea and lens lack blood supply?

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Yes
We cannot have blood supply in those areas because it needs to be clear so we can see through it

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What is vitreous humor?

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Thick, jelly-like semifluid found posterior to lens, between the lens and the retina

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Why is vitreous humor important?

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It is important for maintaining shape of the eye/orbit
And it also allows the eye to change shape to focus

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What is the outer layer of the eye?

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Sclera and cornea

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Which outer part of the eye is the white part?

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Sclera

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What outer part of the eye is the clear part?

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Cornea

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T/F: The cornea is the non-adjustable “lens” of the eye

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True

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What portion of the middle layer contains blood vessels and nerves?

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Choroid

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What portion of the middle layer is the pigmented portion and consists of smooth muscles for constricting and dilating?

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Iris

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What mediates pupillary constriction?

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Parasympathetic component of CN III

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What mediates dilation?

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Sympathetic neurons from T1 and T2

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The lens is suspended behind the iris by what?

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Zonula fibers

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What is the ciliary body?

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Contains involuntary muscles that vary the tension exerted on the lens by the zonula fibers

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What is the function of the ciliary bodies?

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The adjust the shape of the lens to make it more rounded, accommodation

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Do we lose the ability to accommodate as we age?

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Yes
It becomes hard to switch back and forth between focusing on things that are close to us and far away

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What does the retina do?

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It is the light sensing part of the eye

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What is the retina an extension of?

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What are the different cell types in the retina?

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Interneurons, bipolar cells, amacrine cells, and horizontal cells

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What do the bipolar cells in the retina represent?

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The optic nerve (CN II)

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Rods are the photoreceptors for what type of vision?
Black, white and gray vision Night vision
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Cones are the photoreceptors for what type of vision?
Color vision High visual acuity
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T/F: the light has to travel through multiple layers to get to the receptive portion of the rods and cones
True
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What are retina ganglion cells?
Most anterior cells of the retina Axons of these bipolar cells form the optic nerve (CN II)
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What is the process of stimulation of the rods and cones?
Rods and cones are stimulated by light Once they are stimulated, graded receptor potentials are produced (little light gives little voltage change) The excitation is passed on to other cells of the retina When the retinal ganglion cells finally receive the excitation, AP generated if the stimulus is above threshold
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Are there photoreceptors, ganglion cells, or other interneurons present at the optic disk?
No This is where the axons of the ganglion cells leave the eye to form the optic nerve
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What is the optic disk?
Natural blind spot
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How big is the macula?
1 cm in diameter
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Where is the macula?
Around the fovea
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What is special about the macula and fovea?
It is an area rich in cones (no rods)
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What is special about the fovea?
It is directly in line with the visual axis and is the region of highest visual acuity
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What is special about the macula?
It provides sharp, straight-ahead vision that is needed for driving and reading small print
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What is the central visual pathway?
Retinogeniculostriate pathway
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Where does the retinogeniculostriate come from and lead to?
Retina to V1
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What are the steps of the retinogeniculostriate pathway?
Retinal ganglion cells axons of CN II pass to the optic chiasm where some decussate and enter either the right or left optic tract Most fibers in the optic tract terminate in the lateral geniculate nucleus of the thalamus
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What are the steps from the eyeball to the brain?
Nerve, chiasm, tract, brain
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What are the cortical connections from the lateral geniculate nucleus?
Fibers project through the internal capsule and become optic radiations Projecting to the primary visual cortex either above or below the calcarine sulcus
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Are projections from the lateral geniculate nucleus ipsilateral?
Yes, they only cross over in the optic chiasm
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Is the lateral geniculate nucleus mapped?
Yes
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What is the light reflex?
Bright light directed into one eye causes pupils of both eyes to constrict Contraction of the pupillary constrictor muscles
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What eye has the direct light response?
The eye that is stimulated
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Which eye has the consensual light response?
The unstimulated eye
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How does the light reflex happen?
AP from the retinal ganglion cells through CN II, optic chiasm, and optic tract to the superior colliculus Two halves of the superior colliculus connected (communicating) Parasympathetic component of CN III activated Ciliary ganglion activated Pupillary constrictor muscles activated No cortical involvement
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What is the accommodation-convergence reflex?
Adjustments of the lens by activation of the ciliary body to bring close objects into focus
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Is there cortical involvement in the accommodation-convergence reflex?
Yes
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What are the steps of the accommodation-convergence reflex?
After stimulus info reaches V1, impulses descend to the superior colliculus to activate preganglionic parasympathetic neurons Activation of the ciliary ganglion follows To cause smooth muscles of the ciliary body to round the lens for near vision
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Is the accommodation-convergence reflex similar to the light reflex?
Yes

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