You are walking late at night when you note movement
coming up behind you on your left side. You spin around and accidently scare the jogger. Your ability to detect this movement demonstrates your excellent peripheral vision, which is due to the area of the retina that is 20 degrees from center and has a large number of
a. phosphenes.
b. cones.
c. rods.
d. stereocilia.
ANSWER: c
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