Walking home after the lecture on the visual system, a student is thinking about what he has heard when he realizes that he has forgotten which type of cells carry visual information to the brain and which type of cells spread the signal within the retina

When he gets home and opens up his book, he will find out that

a. bipolar cells and ganglion cells spread the signal within the retina, and horizontal and amacrine cells send the signal to the brain.
b. horizontal and amacrine cells spread the signal within the retina, and bipolar cells send the signal to the brain.
c. horizontal cells send the signal to the brain, and amacrine cells spread the signal across the retina.
d. ganglion cells send the signal to the brain, and horizontal and amacrine cells spread the signal across the retina.


Answer: d. ganglion cells send the signal to the brain, and horizontal and amacrine cells spread the signal across the retina.

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