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Light is converted into nerve impulses through the process of phototransduction, which occurs in the photoreceptor cells of the retina (rods and cones). When light photons strike these cells, they trigger a chemical change in photopigments, leading to a series of biochemical reactions that ultimately generate an electrical signal. This signal is then transmitted as nerve impulses via the optic nerve to the brain, where it is processed into visual images.
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How is light converted into nerve impulses?
retina
Where are Sound Vibration Are Converted In To Nerve Impulses?
Sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses in the inner ear. The vibrations are detected by hair cells in the cochlea, which then stimulate the auditory nerve to send signals to the brain for processing and interpretation of sound.
What is retinal cancer?
Retinal cancer is a cancer that arises in the cells of the retina. The retina is the layer of cells in the back of the eye where light is converted to nerve impulses.
What Sound vibration are converted into nerve impulses in the?
In the ear, sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses in the cochlea, a spiral-shaped organ that contains hair cells. These hair cells respond to the vibrations by sending electrical signals through the auditory nerve to the brain, where they are perceived as sound.
Where does the spinal nerve take nerve impulses?
the spinal nerve sends nerve impulses away from the CNS
Which part of the eye has cells that change light energy to nerve impulses?
The retina
What is the message called that a neuron carries?
nerve impulses
Are Nerve impulses electrical signaled?
Nerve impulses are electrical signals.
What nerve is a mixed cranial nerve that conducts sensory impulses from and motor impulses from and motor impulses to the thoracic and abdominal viscera?
vagus nerve
What does Mv means in Nerve Impulses?
Nerve impulses are measured in MiliVolts (mv)
Do fish heads survive decapitation or is it just nerve impulses?
No, that is just nerve impulses
What is a mass of nerve tissue that receives and sends nerve impulses?
Neuron
