63: The eye (physiology) Quiz

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  1. Which of these is a color that cones don’t respond to?1
  2. Which cell part makes a microtubule highway through a narrow passage in the rod and cone cells?1
  3. Which of these parts holds the lens in place?1
  4. Which of these leads right into the optic nerve?1
  5. You have more rods than cones.1
  6. Which one of these allows us to see at night?1
  7. You blind spot is right over your fovea.1
  8. When it is dark, the rods are switched on and are releasing neurotransmitters.1
  9. Which of these is NOT a job that the pigmented epithelial cells do?1
  10. What holds the rhodopsin molecule in place?1
  11. Which of these let the rods and cones communicate with each other?1
  12. Which is larger, the macula or the fovea?1
  13. To view things farther away, the lens must become flatter.1
  14. Which amino acid to we find functioning as a neurotransmitter at the ends of rods and cones?1
  15. What happens when a photon of light hits the retinal molecule?1
  16. Which is smaller, rhodopsin or retinal?1
  17. Which of these parts bends light?1
  18. Pigmented epithelial cells regenerate when damaged, just like skin cells.1
  19. Where will you find the highest number of cone cells?1
  20. The retina sees images upside down.1
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