One Aspect of the Visual System That Helps Us Select

question 13

Multiple Choice

 One aspect of the visual system that helps us select specific information from the environment for processing is _____.

• A) the optic nerve
• B) the concentration of cones in the fovea
• C) the blind spot
• D) the prevalence of amacrine cells in the peripheral retina

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Definitions:

Calvin Cycle Reactions

A series of biochemical redox reactions that take place in the stroma of chloroplasts in photosynthetic organisms. It is a critical part of the process of carbon fixation, converting carbon dioxide into glucose.

Stroma

The supportive tissue of an epithelial organ, tumor, gonad, etc., consisting of connective tissues and blood vessels.

ATP Synthase

Complex of proteins in the cristae of mitochondria and thylakoid membrane of chloroplasts that produces ATP from the diffusion of hydrogen ions across a membrane.

Coenzyme

Nonprotein organic molecule that aids the action of the enzyme to which it is loosely bound.