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Vision Science 1 Exam 2 Review

Total questions: 58

Worksheet time: 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many layers make up the LGN?

a)

4

b)

5

c)

6

d)

8

2.

True or False. Horizontal Cells relay information between Bipolar Cells and Ganglion Cells.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

What layer of the retina are Bipolar Cells located?

a)

Inner Plexiform Layer

b)

Inner Nuclear Layer

c)

Outer Plexiform Layer

d)

Retinal Pigmented Epithelium

4.

The optic nerve is comprised of the axons from which cells?

a)

Bipolar Cells

b)

Horizontal Cells

c)

Retinal Ganglion Cells

d)

Amacrine Cells

e)

Photoreceptors

5.

What is the "first step in vision"?

a)

Photoreceptors

b)

Retinal Ganglion Cells

c)

Transposition

d)

MT/MST

6.

Which is NOT true of the Fovea?

a)

Absence of rods

b)

Absence of retinal vasculature

c)

Maximal cones

d)

Contains flat layer of all cells within the center

7.

What is the function of Midget Bipolar Cells?

a)

Color opponency

b)

Tracking an object

c)

Reading

d)

Balance

8.

What are the first cells to display action potentials?

a)

Ganglion Cells

b)

Bipolar Cells

c)

Photoreceptors

d)

Amacrine Cells

9.

Organize these options into the right categories

Categorize the following

Color

Parasol Ganglion Cells

Midget Ganglion Cells

Movement

Form

Dorsal Pathway

Ventral Pathway

Greater spatial resolution

Greater spatial summation

Magnocellular
Parvocellular
10.

(a)   of the retinal information go to the LGN and ​ (b)   go to the other subcoritcal areas.

Choose from the below words
90%
10%
11.

Where is the LGN located?

a)

Thalamus

b)

Midbrain

c)

Pons

d)

Within the eye

12.

How many classes of Horizontal Cells are there?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

4

d)

5

13.

Where are H1 cells primarily receiving input from? (Select 2)

a)

M cones

b)

S cones

c)

L cones

d)

Rods

14.

About how many photoreceptors are in the retina?

a)

10 million

b)

126 million

c)

2 million

d)

113 million

15.

True or False. Bipolar cells generate action potentials.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

​ What connects the cerebrum to the spinal cord and cerebellum?

(a)  

17.

What part of our brain is responsible for balance, coordination, and posture?

a)

Cerebrum

b)

Amygdala

c)

Cerebellum

d)

Thalamus

18.

Which is NOT a function of the Hypothalamus?

a)

Feeding

b)

Sleeping

c)

Temperature Regulation

d)

Memory

e)

Emotional Behavior

19.

Which 2 cells produce myelin to insulate nerve cell axons? (Select 2)

a)

Oligodendrocytes

b)

Astrocytes

c)

Satellite Cells

d)

Schwann Cells

20.

What glial cells are the most abundant in the central nervous system?

a)

Satellite Cells

b)

Purkinje Cells

c)

Schwann Cells

d)

Astrocytes

21.

Select the correct definitions for Presynaptic cells and Postsynaptic cells. (Select 2)

a)

Presynaptic: nerve cell transmitting a signal

b)

Presynaptic: nerve cell receiving a signal

c)

Postsynaptic: nerve cell receiving the signal

d)

Postsynaptic: nerve cell transmitting the signal

22.

What are the two main ions responsible for maintaining cell membrane potential?

a)

Sodium

b)

Potassium

c)

Chloride

d)

Carbon

23.

What ion is highest inside the cell?

(a)  

24.

Every 1 cycle of the Sodium Potassium pump let's out how many Na ions?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

concentration specific

25.

Every 1 cycle of the Sodium Potassium pump let's in how many K ions?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

concentration specific

26.

What ion is highest outside the cell?

(a)  

27.

Where does binocular vision take place?

a)

Optic Chiasm

b)

V1

c)

LGN

d)

Optic Nerve

28.

Where does the information from each eye (monocularly) combine?

a)

Optic Nerve

b)

LGN

c)

Optic Chiasm

d)

Retina

29.

Resting Membrane Potential is

(a)  

30.

The propagation of action potentials are .....

a)

Unidirectional

b)

Bidirectional

c)

Spiral

d)

Conjugate

31.

What does Multiple Sclerosis lead to?

a)

Swelling of the brainstem

b)

Demyelination of the nerves

c)

Faster action potential propagation

d)

Concussion

32.

Which type of syanpse classification is most common?

a)

Axoaxonic

b)

Axosomatic

c)

Axodendritic

d)

Dendrodendritic

33.

What type of communication uses gap junctions?

a)

Electrical Synapse

b)

Chemical Synapse

c)

Neurotransmitter Synthesis

d)

Hodgkin-Huxley model

34.

About how much neural mass of V1 is devoted to represent the fovea within the retinotopic map?

a)

About half

b)

About three quarters

c)

About one third

d)

All of it

35.

Which of these terms does not mean the same thing?

a)

V1

b)

Striate Cortex

c)

Brodmann's Area 17

d)

Primary Visual Cortex

e)

Brodmann's Area 16

36.

What does Layer 2 & 3 consist of in V1? (Select 2)

a)

Blobs

b)

Ocular Dominance Columns

c)

Interblob

d)

Orientation Columns

37.

What layer of V1 receives magnocellular information?

a)

4B

b)

4A

c)

4C Alpha

d)

4C Beta

38.

Simple Cells are made up of what type of excitatory and inhibitory pattern?

a)

ON or OFF center

b)

Excitatory and Inhibitory Narrow Flanks

c)

ON center, OFF surround

d)

Excitatory surround, Inhibitory center

39.

True or False. Complex cells are binocular.

a)

True

b)

False

40.

What is the function of blobs?

a)

Orientation selective

b)

Color opponent

c)

Movement pattern

d)

Facial recognition

41.

​ (a)   are found in Layer 4 of V1 and ​ (b)   are found everywhere except Layer 4.

Choose from the below words
Orientation Columns
Ocular Dominance Columns
42.

What layers of V1 receive monocular information? (Select 2)

a)

4C Alpha

b)

4A

c)

Layer 2 & 3

d)

4C Beta

e)

Layer 1

43.

Left Optic Tract correlates to what Visual Field?

a)

Left

b)

Right

c)

Superior

d)

Inferior

44.

Left Optic Tract corresponds with what Temporal Retinal Fibers?

a)

Left

b)

Right

c)

Superior

d)

Inferior

45.

Inferior Retina corresponds to what Visual Field?

a)

Inferior

b)

Superior

c)

Temporal

d)

Nasal

46.

Which two pathways have color opponency? (Select 2)

a)

Magnocellular

b)

Parvocellular

c)

Koniocellular

d)

Midgetcellular

47.

Organize these options into the right categories

Categorize the following

Red opponent

Green opponent

Blue opponent

Yellow opponent

Parvocellular
Koniocellular
48.

Reorder the following for Ventral Pathway

a)

Parvo cells

b)

V1

c)

V2

d)

V4

e)

IT

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
49.

Reorder the following for Dorsal Pathway

a)

Magno cells

b)

V1

c)

V2

d)

MT

e)

PPC

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
50.

What is the main function of the Superior Collilculus?

a)

Smooth pursuit eye movements

b)

Saccadic eye movements

c)

Accommodation

d)

Retinal Disparity

51.

Reorder the following based on Afferent Limb of Pupillary Reflex Pathway

a)

Optic Nerve

b)

Optic Chiasm

c)

Optic Tract

d)

LGN

e)

Pretectal Nucleus

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
52.

Reorder the following based on Efferent Limb of Pupillary Reflex Pathway

a)

Edinger Westphal Nucleus

b)

Oculomotor Nerve

c)

Ciliary Ganglion

d)

Short Ciliary Nerves

e)

Pupil Constriction

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
53.

What is the function of the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus?

a)

Circadian Rhythm

b)

Temperature Regulation

c)

Immune Response

d)

Balance

54.

What does the MST do?

a)

Optic Flow

b)

Color discrimination

c)

Contrast differentiation

55.

The Inferotemporal Cortex is made up of ​ (a)   ​and (b)   .

Choose from the below words
Fusiform Face Area
MST
MT
Parahippocampal Place Area
56.

“When an axon of cell A is near enough to excite a cell B and repeatedly or persistently takes part in firing it, some growth process or metabolic change takes place in one or both cells such that A's efficiency, as one of the cells firing B, is increased”. This is known as what?

a)

Hebb's Rule

b)

Hodgkin-Huxley Model

c)

Prentice Rule

d)

Nernst Law

57.

Prosopagnosia is the inability to recognize what?

a)

Multiple objects at once

b)

Faces

c)

Real Objects

d)

Drawn Objects

58.

What deficiency is shown in picture? And where is the lesion? (Select 2)

a)

Visual Neglect

b)

Temporal Lobe

c)

Synesthesia

d)

Parietal Lobe