Adler’s Physiology of the Eye, 12th Edition

Description:

Written and designed to enhance your understanding of ocular function, structure, and anatomy, Adler's Physiology of the Eye is a classic, best-selling text that makes critical information easier to learn and retain. The fully revised 12th Edition continues the successful Adler?€™s approach that connects basic science and clinical aspects in a user-friendly, highly visual format?€”ideal for study, review, and exam preparation. It captures the latest molecular, genetic, and biochemical discoveries and offers you unparalleled knowledge and insight into the physiology of the eye and its structures.

Features:

• Covers the full structure and function of the eye and its related anatomy and makes the connection between physiology and clinical practice.
• Includes major updates throughout, including new information on OCT/OCTA imaging, new drug delivery methods, ocular biomechanics, and evolving gene therapies.
• Organizes content by function, rather than anatomy, to help you make a stronger connection between physiological principles and clinical practice.
• Explains the physiological principles that underlie visual acuity, intraocular pressure, ocular circulation, the extraocular muscles, and much more.
• Features approximately 1,000 illustrations throughout, including medical artwork; schematics, charts, and graphs; clinical photographs; and more.
• An digital version is included with purchase. The digital allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud.

Table Of Contents:

SECTION 1: FOCUSING OF AN IMAGE ON THE RETINA

1. Optics

2. Optical Aberrations and Wavefront Sensing

3. Accommodation

SECTION 2: PHYSIOLOGY OF OPTICAL MEDIA

4. Cornea and Sclera

5. The Lens

6. Vitreous

SECTION 3: DIRECTION OF GAZE

7. The Extraocular Muscles

8. Neural Control of Eye Movements

9. Three-Dimensional Eye Movements: Kinematics, Control, and Perceptual Consequences

SECTION 4: NUTRITION OF THE EYE

10. Production and Flow of Aqueous Humor

11. Ocular Circulation

12. Metabolic Interactions Between Neurons and Glial Cells

13. Function of the Retinal Pigment Epithelium

SECTION 5: PROTECTION OF THE EYE

14. Functions of the Orbit and Eyelids

15. Formation and Function of the Tear Film

16. Sensory Innervation of the Eye

17. Outward-Directed Transport

SECTION 6: PHOTORECEPTION

18. Biochemical Cascade of Phototransduction

19. Photoresponses of Rods and Cones

20. Light Adaptation in Photoreceptors

SECTION 7: VISUAL PROCESSING IN THE RETINA

21. The Synaptic Organization of the Retina

22. Signal Processing in the Outer Retina

23. Visual Processing in the Inner Retina

24. Electroretinogram

SECTION 8: NON-PERCEPTIVE VISION

25. Regulation of Light through the Pupil

26. Ganglion Cell Photoreceptors

SECTION 9: VISUAL PROCESSING IN THE BRAIN

27. Overview of the Central Visual Pathways

28. Optic Nerve

29. Processing in the Lateral Geniculate Nucleus

30. Primary Visual Cortex

31. Extrastriate Visual Cortex

SECTION 10: VISUAL PERCEPTION

32. Visual Processing of Spatial Form

33. Visual Acuity

34. Color Vision

35. The Visual Field

36. Binocular Vision

37. Temporal Properties of Vision

SECTION 11: DEVELOPMENT AND DEPRIVATION OF VISION

38. Development of Vision in Infancy

39. Development of Retinogeniculate Projections

40. Developmental Visual Deprivation

41. The Effects of Visual Deprivation after Infancy