Demonstrations: Retina

1. The blind spot. The portion of the retina where the ganglion cell fibers exit the eye is devoid of receptors, and hence is blind. This area is medial in each eye, and hence represents areas to the right of you in your right eye, and to the left of you in your left eye. A demonstration of this blind spot is in your textbook as figure 2.15 (page 45).