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THE VISUAL SYSTEM
D. C. MIKULECKY
PROFESSOR OF PHYSIOLOGY
AND
FACULTY MENTORING PROGRAM
THE VISUAL SYSTEM SENSES
ELEECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION (EMR) SPANS
THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM (EMS)
FROM RADIO WAVES (VERY LONG) TO RADIATION (VERY SHORT)
VISIBLE LIGHT IS A SMALL PORTION OF THE
SPECTRUM
PHOTONS OF LIGHT INTERACT WITH MATTER
ANATOMICAL ORGANIZATION
THE EYE
CORNEA AND LENS: BEND LIGHT RAYS AND
FOCUS THEM ON THE RETINA
CILLIARY MUSCLES LOSSEN OR TIGHTEN TO
ADJUST LENS THICKNESS
RETINA: SITE OF PHOTORECEPTORS
FOVEA: MOST SENSITVE PART OF RETINA
TEAR DUCT
AND
DRAINAGE
CANAL
PUPIL
IRIS
SCLERA
STRUCTURE OF THE EYE
SUSPENSORY LIGAMENT
CILIARY BODY
CONJUNCTIVA
IRIS
PUPIL
EXTERNAL EYE
MUSCLE
CHOROID
RETINA
SCLERA
FOVEA
LENS
CORNEA
AQUEOUS HUMOR
VITREOUS HUMOR
OPTIC NERVE
OPTIC DISC
BLOOD VESSELS
THE PHOTORECEPTORS
RODS:
CYLLINDRICALLY
SHAPED- BROAD
RANGE OF
WAVELENGTHS,
NIGHT
CONES: CONICALLY
SHAPED-NARROW
WAVELENGTH
RANGE, COLOR
BEFORE A PHOTON
ARRIVES
SODIUM IS PUMPED AND LEAKS BACK
THROUGH OPEN CHANNEL
CHANNEL’S OPENNESS DEPENDENT ON
cGMP
MEMBRANE POLARIZED NORMALLY
AFTER A PHOTON
ARRIVES
RHODOPSIN ABSORBS PHOTON AND CHANGES
SHAPE
TRANSDUCIN ACTIVATED BY RHODOPSIN
PHOSPHODIESTERASE ACTIVATED BY
TRANSDUCIN
cGMP HYDROLIZED
SODIUM CHANNEL CLOSES
MEMBRANE HYPERPOLARIZED
RETINA’S NEURAL NETWORK
GANGLION CELLS: DEPOLARIZED BY BIPOLAR
CELLS, FORM OPTIC NERVE
BIPOLAR CELLS: DEPOLARIZED BY
PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS
HORIZONTAL CELLS: INHIBITED BY
PHOTORECEPTORS - DEPOLARIZE ADJACENT
PHOTORECEPTORS(INHIBITING THEM)
HORIZONTAL CELLS INHIBIT
ADJACENT PHOTORECEPTORS
PHOTORECEPTORS
A
GANGLION
CELL
B
PHOTORECEPTORS
A
HIGH
RATE
OF
FIRING
GANGLION
CELL
B
LOW
RATE
OF
FIRING
RECEPTIVE FIELDS
THE AREAS OF THE RETINA THAT EXCITE
OR INHIBIT A GANGLION CELL MAKE UP
THE RECEPTIVE FIELD FOR THAT CELL
RETINAL GANGLION CELLS HAVE
ANNULAR RECEPTIVE FIELDS WITH
DIFFERENT PATTERNS
PATERNS OF
EXCITATION/INHIBITION
+
PHOTORECEPTOR
- - --
HORIZONTAL CELLS
BIPOLAR CELLS
+
-
-
+
PATHWAYS FOR VISUAL
INFORMATION
OPTIC NERVE (GANGLION CELLS FROM
RETINA)
LEAVES THROUGH “BLIND SPOT”
LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS:
PROJECTS TO CORTEX
PRIMARY VISUAL CORTEX
ORGANIZATION OF
PHOTORECEPTORS
ROD
TO
OPTIC
NERVE
HORIZONTAL
CELL
AMICRINE CELL
CONE
BIPOLAR
CELLS
GANGLION
CELLS
RECEPIVE FIELDS IN THE LATERAL
GENICULATE AND SENSORY CORTEX
LATERAL GENICULATE:LIKE GANGLION
CELLS: ANNULAR(EXCITATORY RINGS OR
INHIBITORY RINGS)
OVERLAP OF ANNULAR FIELDS FROM LG
RESULT IN RECTANGULAR FIELDS ON
THE CORTEX
VISUAL ORIENTATION
COLUMNS
CELLS IN VARIOUS COLUMNS OF CORTEX
RESPOND TO DIFFERENT ORIENTATIONS
THESE DEVELOP DURING THE EARLY
VISUAL EXPERIENCES OF YOUNG
ANIMALS
COLOR VISION
TRICHROMATIC: RED, BLUE, GREEN
PARVOCELLULAR NEURONS CARRY
INFORMATION
DIFFERENT CELL TYPES
COLOR CONTRAST
THREE KINDS OF CONES
RED, BLUE, AND GREEN
CONNECT TO SMALL GANGLION CELLS
TRANSMIT COLOR INFORMATION TO
PARVOCELLULAR NEURONS IN LGN
COLOR NEURONS
BROAD BAND: SINGLE COLOR, + INSIDE, OUT
SINGLE - OPPONENT: EXITED BY ONE COLOR
IN CENTER, INHIBITED WHEN ANOTHER
COLOR IN PERIPHERY
DOUBLE OPPONENT: OPPOSING COLORS IN
BOTH CENTER AND PERIPHERY
ANNULAR FIELDS OVERLAP TO RECTANGULAR
IN CORTEX
LENS DEFECTS
FOCUSING IN FRONT OF RETINA
NEARSIGHTEDNESS (MYOPIA)
USUALLY DUE TO WEAK CILIARY
MUSCLES
FOCUSING BEHIND THE RETINA
FARSIGHTEDNESS(HYPEROPIA)
LENS TOO STIFF (AGING)
NEARSIGHTEDNESS
(MYOPIA)
UNCORRECTED
CORRECTED
FARSIGHTEDNESS
(HYPEROPIA)
UNCORRECTED
CORRECTED
VISUAL FIELD DEFECTS
OPTIC NERVE:VISUAL FIELD ON SAME SIDE
OPTIC CHIASM:OUTER HALF OF BOTH VISUAL
FIELDS
OPTIC TRACT: OPPOSITE HALF IN BOTH
VISUAL FIELDS
OPTIC RADIATIONS:LOWER OR UPPER
QUADRANT ON OPPOSITE SIDE