Exam 6: Vision

 Just past the optic chiasm, the optic fibers continue on to the optic

 On a night patrol with his platoon, Charles has been ordered to watch a house through night vision goggles and notify his commander when the front door opens. Suddenly his night vision goggles malfunction. Until he can figure out how to readjust them, he will see the door opening best if he

 Angelia has a cat named Mittens. As a result of increased contrast sensitivity, Mittens has better vision for details than Angelia.

 Blaine just drove from outside where it was bright into a dark tunnel. When he entered the tunnel, his pupils

 Renetta's _______ vision is the result of activity of her rods that respond to ______ light.

 High frequency gratings have

 The major interior chamber of the eye is known as the _________ chamber.

 Professor Bling tells her class that our visual system produces an effect called lateral inhibition so that

 Compared with photopic vision, scotopic vision is

(see Figure 6.16) - Information about vision travels from the retina to the ____________________ and the ____________________ cortex.

 ?(see Figure 6.12) When a rod is exposed to light, retinal changes into the ____________________ form, sodium channels close, and the cell releases ____________________ glutamate.

 The "red eye" that appears in some flash photography results from the

 Cones are responsible for _________ vision, which refers to our ability to see in _________ light.

 Many axons in the optic tract form synapses to the _________ nucleus of the thalamus.

 Amacrine cells form direct connections with

 The influence of context on the appearance of a color is referred to as

 The reason we do not perceive our eye blinks as "blackouts" might be that

 While you are reading this test, your _________ vision is most active because of activity in your _________.

 Cortical modules described by Hubel and Wiesel contain

 The fovea contains only