Retina

Age-related senses involve sensory changes that occur when the aging process takes place. All senses can be affected, includes hearing loss and vision decrease which is the most affected changes in the senses along with smell, taste, and touch. When the aging process takes place senses become lessened, and it becomes harder to Differentiate details. Sensory changes in an older person can play a big role when it comes to problems with communication, certain activities, and social interactions.…

The next topic discussed is the structure and function of the eye. The components of the eye which allow it to focus are the cornea, lens, iris, and pupil. The retina is responsible for the image-recording part. These process depend on the order in which light enters the eye and the quantity of rods and cones which are located in the retina. Rods and cones also give eyes the ability to adapt to dim or bright light. The journey of light first travels through the sections of the eyes, then goes…

Tay-Sachs is a deadly disease present in infants and newborns. The disease is passed on by people from many different descents and regions. There are no known links to an explanation why these descents are known carriers of the gene. The gene is known to not be present within the first 3-6 months, growing and thriving like a healthy child would. A tay sachs kid gets its genes from if both the parents have the tay sachs gene and hand it off to the child. A kid can get the gene passed down to them…

Among annually 2.4 million eye injuries in the United States, 40,000-60,000 of them trigger blindness as a consequence of Blunt Trauma Impact (BTI). The injury as a result of BTI to the eye could be minimized if and only if the process and detail of that were thoroughly available. Numerical models, such as Finite Element (FE), might be applicable since experimental measurements on the detail of injury in each component of the eye is almost impossible. In this study, in order to understand…

anything is definitely not good for our body and theirs always two sides to any story or research. My research of the omega-3 thought me that this fatty acid is necessary for the basic components of the cell walls. It is also crucial for the formation retina in unborn child and their nervous system. They are beneficial for the heart and in some cases they help and prevent the further spreading of cancer cells. Foods carrying these fatty acids are strip of their vitamins in the small intestine…

Australian survey of 2007 identifies that boys age 14-16 years have more risk of the insufficient intake of zinc and children age 2-3 years they consume zinc more than the required amount. Largely increase the population than the previous national survey (Rangan, Samman, 2012). According to a study in the US found 1909 to early 1980 there was no reliable Zn food supply (Gibson, 2012). According to the Briefel, Bialostosky, Kennedy-Stephenson, McDowell, & Wright, US population has inadequate…

Imagine a teen who was unable to sleep during the night, then woke up early in the morning for school the next day. That teenager has a higher chance of falling asleep in class or even falling asleep at the wheel due to lack of sleep and early school start times. Early school start times have a bigger effect on teenagers then most researches thought. Adolescents are sleep deprived for one main reason: early school start times. Teenagers perform worse in school due to the lack of sleep they…

The first is a black (-)/white ( ) mechanism, the second a red ( )/green (-) mechanism, and the third a blue (-)/yellow ( ) mechanism. He said the positive or negative responses was a function of a building up or breaking down of chemicals in the retina. White, yellow and red were contributing to a reaction that caused build up while black, green, and blue were contributing to the breakdown. Hering 's theory was not completely correct, but research has shown physiologically that these colors do…

Sickle Cell Anemia is an inherited blood disorder that mostly affects people of African ancestry, but it can also occur in other ethnic groups such as Middle East and Mediterranean descent (National Institute of Health). The disease affects the hemoglobin molecule in the red blood cells. Hemoglobin helps with carrying oxygen from the lungs and delivering it to different parts of the body. The mutation of this disease makes the cells become abnormal and irregular shaped. As a result, the abnormal…

The Copley Medal is a scientific award that is given out by the Royal Society and awarded to a scientist that shows achievements in research in any branch of science. As members of the Royal Society it is our duty to nominate and pick scientists that rightly deserve the medal. It is our job as the Royal Society to discuss these nominations in a scholarly way and not disrespect any of the finding of other scientist. The scientists’ theories are important to science because they add value to the…