CGSC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Zonule Of Zinn, Optic Disc, Anterior Chamber Of Eyeball
20 Feb 2016
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Rods and cones on retina: the image is severely distorted and inverted, rod: the most light sensitive photoreceptive cells in the retina (night vision), 100 times more sensitive then cones, info is received by a convergence or pooling from many rod cells resulting in a loss of visual acuity, cone: three types, convergence of info makes peripheral vision sensitive to movement (seeing something vague out of the corner of your eye, correspond to short (blue), medium (green) and, long wavelengths (red); Olfaction (smell: detection of chemicals no clear energy continuum as there is for light and sound waves, some similar chemicals smell different; some different chemicals smell the same, much of what we experience as taste is actually smell, this is why food tends to taste, bland when you have a stuffy nose, smelly t shirt studies, women detect immune system compatibility, men detect ovulation.
