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What is the Conjunctiva?

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A thin layer of cells that line the inside of the

eyelid
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What occurs at the Cornea?

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Light enters the eye by passing through the

cornea
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Where is the Anterior Chamber located?

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Located in front of the Iris

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What is the function of the Aqueous Humor?

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Liquid that fills the space of the anterior and

posterior chambers that provides pressure to
maintain the shape of the eyeball
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What is the function of the Iris?

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The muscle that constricts and relaxes to change

the size of the pupil
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Where is the Iris located?

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Located in front of the Lens

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What is the function of the Lens?

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Controls the refraction of light entering

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What changes the shape of the lens?

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Suspensory Ligaments and Ciliary Muscles

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What secretes Aqueous Humor?

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Ciliary Body
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What makes up the Ciliary Body?

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Suspensory Ligaments and Ciliary Muscles

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Where is the Posterior Chamber located?

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Located in front of the Iris

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What is the function of Vitreous Humor?

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Provides pressure to the eyeball and supports the

retina behind the lens
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What is within the Retina?

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Photoreceptors
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What is within the Macula?

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Area is rich with Cones

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What is within the Fovea?

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Only rods
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What is the function of Cones?

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The cells in the eye responsible for color and

distinguish detail
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What is the function of Rods?

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The cells in the eye responsible for light

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What is the function of the Choroid?

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Network of blood vessels that supply nutrients to

the eye
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What is the Sclera?

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The white part of the eye

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What is the function of the Optic Nerve?

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Transmits signal from the Photoreceptors to the

brain
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What is the function of the Eye?

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Takes in light, focuses it, forms an image on the

retina that is transmitted to the brain via the
Optic Nerve
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What is the Phototransduction Cascade?

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The process of turning Rod cells off

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What is the pathway of the Phototransduction

Cascade?
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Light hits the Rod → Bipolar Cells → Retinal

Ganglion Cells → Optic Nerve → Brain
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How is a Rod turned off?

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Light hits the Rod

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How is a Rod turned on?

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Visual signals are sent to the Bipolar Cells

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Which Photoreceptor has the largest amount?

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Rods
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Which Photoreceptor is more sensitive?

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Rods
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Which Photoreceptor has a slow recovery

time?
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Rods
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Which Photoreceptor has a fast recovery

time?
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Cones
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Which Photoreceptors are present in the

Blind Spot?
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None
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Where is the blind spot located?

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Where the Optic Nerve connects to the Retina

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How does a ray of light from the left visual

field hit the eye?
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Hits the Nasal side of the Left Eye and the

Temporal Side of the Right Eye
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How does a ray of light from the right visual

field hit the eye?
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Hits the Nasal side of the Right Eye and the

Temporal Side of the Left Eye
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When does Photopic Vision occur?

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Levels of high light levels

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When does Mesopic Vision occur?

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At dawn or dusk
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When does Scotopic Vision occur?

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Levels of very low light

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What is Parallel Processing?

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Detection of all information (color, depth,

motion, and size) simultaneously
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What is Feature Detection?

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Breaking down an object into its components

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What are the components of Feature

Detection?
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Color, Form, and Motion

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What is Form with regards to Feature

Detection?
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Boundaries and shape of an object

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What occurs in the Parvocellular Pathway?

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High Spatial Resolution and color

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What occurs in the Magnocellular Pathway?

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High Temporal Resolution

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What is Temporal Resolution?

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The ability to see in motion or track objects

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What is the Phi Phenomenon?

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The optical illusion of perceiving a series of still

images, when viewed in rapid succession, as
continuous motion