If you enter a dimly lit room, will you be able to see clearly? Why or why not?

What will be an ideal response?


When you enter a dimly lit room, you are unlikely to be able to see at all. The low-intensity light in the room would be focused on the fovea centralis, which contains only cones, which cannot be stimulated by low-intensity light.

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a. is the innermost meningeal layer b. a delicate, richly vascularized meningeal layer that is "cobwebby" in appearance c. a tough, non-elastic membrane that covers the central nervous system d. involved with the formation of CSF e. is characterized by a, b, and d

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In which of the following areas would a periosteum be absent?

A, bone surface within joint cavities B. Surface of dermal bone C. Shafts of long bones D. Covering of hip bones

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Which structures in the trachea prevent its collapse or overexpansion as pressures change in the respiratory system?

a. C-shaped tracheal cartilages b. S-shaped tracheal bones c. O-ringed tracheal cartilages d. irregular circular bones

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What spinal cord injury is characterized by motor loss on the same side as the injury, but below the lesion?

A) Central cord syndrome B) Brown-Séquard syndrome C) Anterior cord syndrome D) Posterior cord syndrome

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