Trace a visual image from the time it first reaches the eye until it arrives at the brain. What important event(s) occurs at each step along the way?
What will be an ideal response?
* Light passes through the cornea to the pupil.
* The light then passes from the pupil through the lens (accommodation) to the retina.
* The light then strikes the photoreceptor cells, which cause the bipolar and ganglion cells to fire.
* The ganglion cells come together to form the optic nerve, which sends the information to the thalamus and occipital lobes.
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