types of color blindness | causes of color blindness | visual sensory system | the brain |
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Red-green color blindness
Most common type of color blindness
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chromosomes
cause for genetic color blindness
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the eye
entrance to the visual sensory system
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the optic nerve
what cones and rods connect to
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Blue-yellow color blindness
Less common type of color blindness
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cataracts
clouding of the eyes natural lens
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cones
cells that are sensitive to colors
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the optic chasm
the place where the meeting of the optic nerves occurs
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Protanopia/deuteranopia
Inability to tell the difference between red-green
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X chromosome
gene that causes red-green color blindness
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retina
where the light is processed
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one
amount of optic nerves connected to the eye
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Tritanomaly
Inability to differentiate blue-green and yellow-red
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Parkinson's disease
light sensitive nerve cells are damaged and cannot function properly
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cones and rods
the two different types of photoreceptor cells
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the visual cortex
where visual information is processed
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Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON)
inherited optic neuropathy
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red, green, and blue sensitive cones
three types of color sensitive cones
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