Dark and Light Adaptation in Vision

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What is the term for the eye's ability to see in a low light environment?

Light Adaptation

Phototransduction

Retinal Adaptation

Dark Adaptation (correct)

Which part of the eye converts light energy into electrical impulse?

Photoreceptor Cells (correct)

RPE

Choriocapillaris

Bipolar Cells

What is the name for the mechanism of the eye's adaptation to bright light (daylight vision)?

Light Adaptation (correct)

Retinal Adaptation

Dark Adaptation

Phototransduction

Which cells connect both rods and cones sideward?

Horizontal Cells Signup and view all the answers

What supplies 80% of the blood to the retina?

Choriocapillaris Signup and view all the answers

What is the main function of dendrites in neurons?

To receive information from other neurons Signup and view all the answers

What triggers the release of glutamate in photoreceptor cells?

Inhibition of voltage gated calcium channels Signup and view all the answers

What is the main function of ganglion cells in the visual system?

To transmit electrical charges to the visual cortex of the brain Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of Horizontal, Muller, and Amacrine cells?

To release GABA in response to glutamate Signup and view all the answers

What happens when light strikes the rods in the mechanism of phototransduction?

Triggering of Phosphodiesterase (PDE) enzyme Signup and view all the answers

Dark and Light Adaptation in Vision

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Questions and Answers

What is the term for the eye's ability to see in a low light environment?

Which part of the eye converts light energy into electrical impulse?

What is the name for the mechanism of the eye's adaptation to bright light (daylight vision)?

Which cells connect both rods and cones sideward?

What supplies 80% of the blood to the retina?

What is the main function of dendrites in neurons?

What triggers the release of glutamate in photoreceptor cells?

What is the main function of ganglion cells in the visual system?

What is the role of Horizontal, Muller, and Amacrine cells?

What happens when light strikes the rods in the mechanism of phototransduction?

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