Understanding the Blind Spot and Visual Receptors

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What is the main reason you never notice your blind spot in everyday life?

  • Your brain fills in the gap (correct)
  • The blind spot is too small to notice
  • The blind spot only affects one eye
  • The blind spot is visible to both eyes

Which type of receptors are abundant in the periphery of the human retina and respond to faint light?

  • Rods (correct)
  • Ultraviolet receptors
  • Cones
  • Violet receptors

In what type of light are cones less active?

  • Dim light (correct)
  • Ultraviolet light
  • Infrared light
  • Bright light

Which wavelengths are perceived as blue and green in visible light?

<p>Shortest wavelengths (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the Trichromatic Theory, how many receptor types do people have to distinguish various colors?

<p>Three (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main characteristic of cones in the human retina?

<p>Essential for color vision (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the pathway of messages from the receptors in the vertebrate retina to the brain?

<p>Receptors -&gt; Bipolar cells -&gt; Ganglion cells -&gt; Brain (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of cells in the retina refine the input to ganglion cells, enabling them to respond mainly to particular visual features?

<p>Amacrine cells (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of ganglion cells in the retina?

<p>Receive messages from the receptors (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why is the point where the optic nerve exits the eye referred to as the blind spot?

<p>It has no receptors (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which cells enable certain ganglion cells to respond mainly to particular shapes, directions of movement, and color in the visual field?

<p>Amacrine cells (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What anatomical feature allows light to pass through the ganglion, amacrine, and bipolar cells in the eye without distortion?

<p>The transparent nature of these cells (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Thomas Young contribute to our understanding of color vision?

<p>He proposed the Trichromatic Theory of color vision. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the Trichromatic Theory, why do we perceive color?

<p>Through responses across a few types of receptors sensitive to different wavelengths. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why did Helmholtz conclude that three kinds of receptors are sufficient for human color vision?

<p>Since people could match any color by mixing only three wavelengths. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the significance of the term 'Trichromatic' in the Young-Helmholtz Theory?

<p>It describes the three types of cones sensitive to different wavelengths. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why did Herman von Helmholtz modify Thomas Young's Trichromatic Theory?

<p>To improve the theory's explanation regarding human ability to see color. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In the Trichromatic Theory, how do we discriminate among wavelengths?

<p>Through the ratio of activity across different types of cones. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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