Exam 6: Vision

 Based on the placement of the human eye, we should probably be classified as

 Electromagnetic radiation

 Which of the following groups of cells participate in the processing of color?

 Stimulus rotation, expansion, and contraction appear to be processed by Area

 The process by which active photoreceptors and horizontal cells limit the activity of neighboring, less active cells is known as ________ inhibition.

 Within the visible light spectrum, shorter wavelengths are perceived as_________, whereas longer wavelengths are perceived as _________.

 Areas MT and MST are important parts of the ventral stream and participate in the visual recognition of familiar objects and people.

 Rods contain which of the following photopigments?

 The blind spot of the eye occurs when light falls on the macula.

 The cornea and lens both remain clear, because

 Rosemarie wore a pink dress to a school dance. She could clearly tell that her dress was pink when she was outside taking pictures and when she was in the dim lights of the dance floor. What allowed her to be able to do this?

 When rods are in the dark, cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) keeps sodium channels _________ allowing sodium to _________ the cell.

 The small pit within the macula, specialized for detailed vision, is known as the

 Compare and contrast the receptive fields of retinal cells (bipolar and ganglion cells) with cortical receptive fields.

 Information about retinal disparity combines with an assessment of an object's movement in the anterior _________ lobes.

 The lens of the eye continues to grow throughout the lifespan.

 Among the advantages of light as a stimulus is the fact that light

 The reduced accommodation to changes in focal distance that accompany typical aging is known as

 Vernita has brown eyes and her husband has green eyes. Their eyes differ in color mostly due to the

 The transformation of sensory stimuli into neural signals in any of the sensory systems is called ________.