Exploring the Eye
As we explore the eye, we see that the eyes are organs of sight, situated in orbits, the sockets in the skull, the walls of which protect them from injury. The eyelashes, eyelid...
Exploring the Eye
As we explore the eye, we see that the eyes are organs of sight, situated in orbits, the sockets in the skull, the walls of which protect them from injury. The eyelashes, eyelids, muscles and lacrimal glands also protect these vital and delicate organs. The eye is divided into two segments by the lens and ciliary body. The front segment contains the fluid aqueous humor, and is in turn divided, by the iris, into anterior and posterior chambers, which are connected through the pupil's aperture in the iris. The back segment, called the vitreous body, contains a jellylike substance, known as the vitreous humor, and is lined by the light sensitive retina. The iris is an adjustable diaphragm with an aperture, the pupil, in its center. It acts like a valve, controlling the amount of light entering the eye. The lens is a transparent, biconvex body, enclosed in a thin, elastic, transparent capsule. It is supported by ligaments attached to the ciliary body, which can change its shape. The ciliary muscle, composed of smooth muscle under involuntary control, alters the shape of the lens. The suspensory ligaments connect the ciliary muscle to the lens, and hold the lens in place. The hyaloid canal is the remains of a channel that carried an artery during the development of the eye in the fetus. The cornea, aqueous humor, lens and vitreous humor are all transparent, thus allowing the unobstructed passage of light from the exterior, through the eyeball, to the retina. The cornea is the most important structure for refracting light, although the lens provides the fine control needed to converge the incoming rays into the retina. The most striking external feature of the eye is the iris, the pigment-filled membrane that gives the eye its color, varying from light blue to dark brown.
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can someone explain what position are we looking at the eye from? because i dont really assosiate this with my own eye. i have nice looking brown eyes and i found this video confusing to understand
we see it because light is reflected from it in all directions.. our eyes capture the light that is reflected in our direction. Hence the not being able to see when there is no light
It's far from made up info. I find it scary that many med schools on the us allow for a waving in of religion in many sciences if the student believe in that.
Are you in medical school? In the USA? Right, I didn't think so. Don't criticize it with made up info from some obsolete/random/unknown blog. Now, go back to school and reformulate this weak argument.
Wow, this moron gives all doctors a bad name. I'm hoping you aren't in medical school, you should be in dick school. Oh, and "reformulate?" USING A THESAURUS FOR YOUTUBE FAIL
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USING A THESAURUS FOR YOUTUBE FAIL