Eyebrow
Eyelashes
Figure 8-2
10. In the following table, circle the correct word under the vertical headings that describes events occurring within the eye during close and distant vision.
Vision
Ciliary muscle
Lens convexity
Degree of light refraction
Distant Relaxed
Contracted
Increased
Decreased
Increased
Decreased
Close
Relaxed Contracted
Decreased
Increased
Decreased
11. Name in sequence the neural elements of the visual pathway, beginning with the retina and ending with the optic cortex.
Retina
Synapse in thalamus
Optic cortex
12. Complete the following statements by inserting the appropriate words in the answer blanks.
There are (1) varieties of cones. One type responds most vigorously to (2) light, another to (3) light, and another to (4) light. The ability to see intermediate colors such as purple results from the fact that more than one cone type is being stimulated (5). Lack of all color receptors results in (6). Because this condition is sex linked, it occurs more commonly in (7). Black and white, or dim light, vision is a function of the (8).