CAIE IGCSE Biology 14.2.9 Position of the Fovea and State Its Questions

Practise locating the fovea on eye diagrams and explaining why it produces the sharpest, most detailed vision.

Exam points

identify the fovea as a small specialised region of the retina in eye diagrams
state that the fovea has the highest concentration of cone cells
link its dense light-sensitive cells to the sharpest and most detailed image

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The responses of the human body to danger are coordinated by the nervous and endocrine systems.

Fig. 4.1 shows the sequence of events that occurs in response to a dangerous situation that is detected by the eyes.

Fig. 4.1

State the part of the eye that has the highest concentration of light-sensitive cells and gives the most detailed image.

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