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Biology Specification 13.6 – 13.8

13.6 Nervous coordination The mammalian eye Rods and Cones The nerve impulse Synapses and synaptic transmission Drugs and synapses . 13.7 Analysis and integration Brain and cerebral hemispheres Autonomic nervous system

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Biology Specification 13.6 – 13.8

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  1. 13.6 Nervous coordination The mammalian eye Rods and Cones The nerve impulse Synapses and synaptic transmission Drugs and synapses 13.7 Analysis and integration Brain and cerebral hemispheres Autonomic nervous system 13.8 Muscles are effectorswhich enable movement to be carried out Antagonistic muscle action Muscle structure Muscle contraction Biology Specification 13.6 – 13.8

  2. Section through a mammalian eyeball Ciliary muscle Fovea (yellow spot) Iris Cornea Optic nerve Aqueous humour Lens Suspensory ligaments Sclera Blind spot Retina Choroid Vitreous humour

  3. Reflex Action and Antagonistic Muscle Action Why is it important that the amount of light entering the eye is regulated? Radial muscles contract Circular muscles relax Pupils dilated Circular muscles contract Radial muscles relax Pupils constricted

  4. Accommodation Accommodation is the ability to focus objects which are at different distances from the eye. Focusing occurs via refraction – the change in the speed of light as it passes from one medium into another. Most refraction occurs at the interface between air and the cornea. The lens refracts the light only slightly Most Refraction at air-cornea interface Light from a distant object Limited refraction at aqueous humour-lens interface

  5. Light Rays from a near object How does the eye alter the pathways of light rays? Muscle action and lens shape in focusing distant objects:

  6. Muscle action and lens shape in focusing near objects: • Cornea refracts most light • Lens is elastic and changes its shape giving it a variable refractive index • Ciliary muscles and suspensory ligaments bring about the change in shape of the lens • As we age the elasticity of the lens decreases

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