Name Multiple Main Ideas

The Structure of the Human Eye DIRECTIONS: Identify whether or not the statements
below are main ideas or supporting details of the article.
The human eye is built to allow us to see color during the day, and to
be highly sensitive at night, but scientists have long theorized that it
would make more sense for the light to pass through the cones and MI SD 1. Scientists have long theorized that it would
rods first, before reaching the neurons which process the image and make more sense for the light to pass
send information about it to the brain. The retina, which lines the through the cones and rods first.
inside of the eyeball, is a thick layer of neurons and cell nuclei and is
the part of the eye that is sensitive to light. Inside the back of the MI SD 2. Rods are distributed among the cones.
retina are cones, which sense the colors red, green and blue.
Distributed among the cones are rods. Rods are more sensitive to MI SD 3. The strange structure of the eye serves a
light than cones, but unable to sense color. Light has to pass through fascinating function.
the thickness of the retina before reaching the cones and rods. This
same counter‐intuitive structure of the eye exists in all vertebrates, MI SD 4. Glial cells are denser than other cells in
and is therefore evolutionarily stable. Why? the retina.
According to new research recently presented at an American
MI SD 5. Glial cells help increase the clarity of
Physical Society Meeting, this strange structure serves a fascinating
function. The glial cells, which connect to the cones and also span the human vision.
thickness of the retina, are denser than the other cells in the retina.
This density means that they can guide light in the same way as fiber MI SD 6. Light has to pass through the thickness of
optic cables, helping to make our vision more clear. How exactly? It the retina before reaching the cones and
turns out that the eye needs the colors red and green the most for rods.
daytime vision. Because the eye usually receives too much blue, it has
far fewer cones that are sensitive to blue light. Red and green are the
two colors that pass best through the glial cells. They are
concentrated five to ten times more than blue cells into their
respective cones, while excess blue light is simply scattered to
surrounding rods. In this way, glial cells help increase the clarity of
human vision.
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