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Physiology of vision

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which part of the eye is responsible for accomodation?

a)

Cornea

b)

Lens

c)

Retina

d)

Iris

2.

What helps in colour perception

a)

Ganglion cells

b)

Cones

c)

Rods

d)

Horizontal cells

3.

The blind spot in the eye is due to

a)

Lack of blood supply

b)

Presence of extra rods

c)

Overlapping of images

d)

Absence of photoreceptors

4.

What is the function of pigment epithelium of retina

a)

Production of aqueous humor

b)

Reflects light

c)

Regenerates photo pigments

d)

Focuses light

5.

Which layer of retina contains first synapse of visual pathway

a)

Ganglion cell layer

b)

Photoreceptor layer

c)

Inner nuclear layer

d)

Outer nuclear layer

6.

Inside a dark cave or tunnel what will happen to your pupil size

a)

Pupil will constrict due to parasympathetic input

b)

Pupil will dilate due to sympathetic input

c)

Pupil size remains unchanged

d)

Controlled by rods

7.

What is the first step of phototransduction

a)

Opening of Na + channels

b)

Release of glutamate

c)

Conversion of 11 cis retinal to all trans retinal by isomerase

d)

Activation of transducin

8.

Which cells provide lateral inhibition to inhance contrast in retina

a)

Ganglion cells

b)

Amacrine cells

c)

Horizontal cells

d)

Bipolar cells

9.

What happens to cGMP receptors after light exposure

a)

They increase

b)

They decrease

c)

Levels unchanged

d)

Convert into AMP

10.

During dark what happens to photoreceptors

a)

Depolarize and release glutamate

b)

Hyperpolazie and so remain silent

c)

Depolarize and silent

d)

Inactive and do not consume energy

11.

Light adaptation is the process by which the eye

a)

Adjusts from dim to bright light

b)

Dilates pupil

c)

Increases Rhodopsin production

d)

Focuses distant objects

12.

Delayed dark adaptation refers to

a)

Inability to focus in bright light

b)

Slower recovery of vision after entering a dark room

c)

Visual hallucinations in dark

d)

Increased sensitivity to light

13.

A child complains of bumping into objects in night with normal vision in day time.What is the most likely cause

a)

Cataract

b)

Macular hole

c)

Vitamin A deficiency

d)

Glaucoma

14.

Highest density of rods in human retina is found at

a)

Just outside the fovea - perifovial region

b)

Far periphery

c)

Fovea centralis

d)

Optic disc

15.

Approx how may rods are present in human retina

a)

1 million

b)

6 million

c)

120 million

d)

250 million