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What are the two layers of the retina?
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Pigmented retina (outer) and sensory retina (inner)
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Why is the eye more sensitive to light in the dark?
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Because more rhodopsin is produced
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What is rhodopsin broken down into in the light?
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Vitamin A
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What happens to the pupils in bright light? What happens to pupils in dim light?
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constrict in bright light, dialate in dim light.
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What is the name for the area through which blood vessels enter the eye and where sensory nerve processes from sensory retina meet and exit from eye?
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Optic disk (blind spot)
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The anterior compartment of they eye is filled with what?
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aqueous humor
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Where is the anterior chamber of the anterior compartment of the eye located?
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between the cornea and iris
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Where is the posterior chamber of the anterior compartment of the eye located?
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between the iris and the lense.
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