The area of highest visual activity is the...?

Question

The area of highest visual activity is the...?

Answer 1

Fovea on the retina - It contains the greatest concentration of cone cells, and virtually no rod cells.

Cone cells allow for a greter visual acuity than rod cells, as each cone cell synapses onto its own bipolar cell, whereas many rod cells synapse on to a single bipolar cell, overall meaning a lower visual acuity from rod cells (the reason for low visual acuity on dim light).

Answer 2

The visual cortex.  It contains many more neurons devoted to processing visual information than do the retina or the lateral geniculate body.

Answer 3

The macula or macula lutea (from Latin macula, "spot" + lutea, "yellow") is an oval yellow spot near the center of the retina of the human eye. Near its center is the fovea, a small pit that contains the largest concentration of cone cells in the eye and is responsible for central vision.

It is specialized for high acuity vision. Within the macula are the fovea and foveola which contain a high density of cones (photoreceptors with high acuity).

Answer 4

Retina?