Retina Major Neurons
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Central blood vessels
provide blood and nutrition and removal of waste to eye tissue
Optic nerve
carries image to back of brain for interpretation
Sclera
white of eye/ muscle attachment/ shape
Choroid
black/ absorb excess light
Pigment layer of retina
helps choroid
Neural layer of retina
contains photoreceptors and 2 other types of nerves
Axon of ganglion cells
Takes the image to the optic nerve
Optic disc
where retina merges together to make the optic nerve/ no photoreceptors/ this is the blind spot
Path of light
light enters eye, goes through the retina and bounce off the back wall
Bipolar and Ganglion
these 2 types of nerve cells work together to gather the image and send it to the brain
Rods (Photoreceptor)
night vision/ no color vision
Cones (Photoreceptor)
color vision/ 3 types: blue, red, green
