Structure Eye -1
Clear outer layers of the eye that you can accidentally scratch
What is the Cornea
Skin that protects the eye from scratches and flying debris
What is the eyelid
The cells that help you see color
What are the Cones
Contains the rods and cones
What are Retina
What is "odd" about the image you are seeing when it hits the Retina?
It is upside down!
Nervous layer of the eye, transmits light stimuli into impulse to the nerve
What is the Retina
Aids in refraction of light stimuli
What is the Lens
The cells that help you see shapes and aids you to see in dim light
What are the Rods
3 parts that protect the cornea from damage
What are the eyelid, eyelashes and eyebrows
What is "odd" about the blood supply to the cornea of your eye?
There isn't any! Your eye diffuses oxygen from the air around it.
Muscular part of the eye that controls the size of your pupil by constricting and dilating
What is the Iris
Transmits impulse to the brain to interpret images
What is the Optical Nerve
The black hole in the center of your eye that lets in light
What is the pupil
The lining of the eyelid
The conjunctiva
How big is your eye? (compare it to a ball)
Ping Pong ball
The Neuron that sees Color
What is CONES
This area in the back of the eye absorbs light
What is the choroid coat
Brings nutrients and oxygen to the eye
what are blood vessels
The lobe of the brain responsible for interpreting impulses from the eye
What is the occipital lobe
This is what is formed when you stare at the same thing for too long. Cones get tired!
What is an after image
The white outer part of the eye others can see.
What is the Sclera?
Maintains pressure in the eye by filling with fluid to keep the eyeball round
What is Vitreous Humor
Controls the amount of light that can enter the eye
What is the Iris?
Doesn't let debris get inside your eye. Physical barrier
What is the Cornea
What color eyes are the most common?
Brown
Flattens or Thickens to direct light exactly to a location on the Retina
What is the lens
This is true about the fovea centralis
The Neuron that sees shapes and contrast
What is RODS
What is the aqueous humor
Another word for the optic disc