Description
**Selected for 2025 Doody's Core Titles® with "Essential Purchase" designation in Optometry**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.- 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
Table of Contents
SECTION 1 Focusing of an Image on the Retina1. Optics2. Optical Aberrations and Wavefront Sensing3. AccommodationSECTION 2 Physiology of Optical Media4. Cornea and Sclera5. The Lens6. VitreousSECTION 3 Direction of Gaze7. The Extraocular Muscles8. Neural Control of Eye Movements9. Three-Dimensional Eye Movements: Kinematics, Control, and Perceptual ConsequencesSECTION 4 Nutrition of the Eye10. Production and Flow of Aqueous Humor11. Ocular Circulation12. Metabolic Interactions Between Neurons and Glial Cells13. The Function of the Retinal Pigment EpitheliumSECTION 5 Protection of the Eye14. Functions of the Orbit and Eyelids15. Formation and Function of the Tear Film16. Sensory Innervation of the Eye17. Outward-Directed TransportSECTION 6 Photoreception18. Biochemical Cascade of Phototransduction19. Photoresponses of Rods and Cones20. Light Adaptation in PhotoreceptorsSECTION 7 Visual Processing in the Retina21. The Synaptic Organization of the Retina22. Signal Processing in the Outer Retina23. Visual Processing in the Inner Retina24. ElectroretinogramSECTION 8 Non-Perceptive Vision25. Regulation of Light Through the Pupil26. Ganglion-Cell PhotoreceptorsSECTION 9 Visual Processing in the Brain27. Overview of the Central Visual Pathways28. Optic Nerve29. Processing in the Lateral Geniculate Nucleus30. Primary Visual Cortex31. Extrastriate Visual CortexSECTION 10 Visual Perception32. Visual Processing of Spatial Form33. Visual Acuity34. Color Vision35. The Visual Field36. Binocular Vision37. Temporal Properties of VisionSECTION 11 Development and Deprivation of Vision38. Development of Vision in Infancy39. Development of Retinogeniculate Projections40. Developmental Visual Deprivation41. The Effects of Visual Deprivation After Infancy
