visual field
What eyes cover
The visual field is everything you can see at a given moment without moving your eyes—the entire area of peripheral and central vision.
Doctors test visual fields to detect blind spots, glaucoma, or neurological damage: The stroke affected her left visual field.
Also called field of vision.
Light-sensing tissue layer
- optic nerveRetina-brain neural connection
- maculaRetinal region for acuity
- foveaRetinal depression for acuity
- photoreceptorsCells sensing light
rods · cones · occipital lobe
Visual field assessment
- scotomaLocalized vision absence
- hemianopiaBlindness in half-field
- quadrantanopiaBlindness in visual quarter
- glaucomaPressure damages optic nerve
Pleasing distant scene
- horizonApparent earth-sky meeting
- landscapeVisible features of terrain
- sceneryVisible natural surroundings
- expanseUnbroken area of space
viewpoint · outlook · perspective · sightline · vantage point · panoramic view · sweep · scope
retina
Light-sensing tissue layer
- optic nerveRetina-brain neural connection
- maculaRetinal region for acuity
- foveaRetinal depression for acuity
perimetry
Visual field assessment
- scotomaLocalized vision absence
- hemianopiaBlindness in half-field
- quadrantanopiaBlindness in visual quarter
glaucoma · eye examination · macular degeneration · blind spot
vista
Pleasing distant scene
- horizonApparent earth-sky meeting
- landscapeVisible features of terrain
- sceneryVisible natural surroundings
expanse · viewpoint · outlook · perspective · sightline · vantage point · panoramic view · sweep · scope
- visual perceptionpattern recognition, optical illusion, edge detection, illusions, figure-ground
- visionsharp, eye, sight, eyes, blurry
- perceptionsee, seeing, senses, observing, watching
- eye testseye exam, eye chart, eye test, eye tests, ophthalmoscopy
- spatial perceptiondepth perception, spatial awareness, spatial orientation, stereopsis, disparity
- visual systemretina, optic nerve, photoreceptors, rods, cones
visual fieldblind spot
Area of blocked perception
scotoma · blindness · tunnel vision · visual impairment · hemianopia
field, vision, visible, visual, invisible, visionary, visualize, visibility, visions