Structure
Thick tough outer covering of the eyeball that is white in color.
What is the sclera?
Colorful, shiny material located behind the retina, or found in animals with good night vision.
What is the tapetum?
A formaldehyde based solution or something similar, that has a strong odor.
What is preserves the eye/keeps it from rotting?
Seeing the same image (or picture) with two eyes.
What is binocular vision?
A colorful part of the back of the eye. Something that the sheep eye has that a human eye does not and causes the eye to glow in the dark.
What is night vision? (Tapetum)
Opening (or hole) in the iris that contracts or expands (changes size) in order to let light into the eye.
What is the pupil?
Doughnut or bagel shaped piece attached to the cornea.
What is the iris?
The % of how much you see that is "made up" by the brain.
What is 80%?
The usually clear fluid that helps the cornea keep its rounded shape (In our eye dissection this looked watery and dark, like black pen ink).
What is the aqueous humor?
A tough, clear covering over the iris and the pupil that helps protect the eye.
What is the cornea?
Marble looking object that can change shape (curvature) to help you see.
What is the lens?
Animals with eyes on the side of their heads have more of this than humans do.
What is peripheral vision?
Cord or eye structure connected to the brain, that carries the messages from the eye to the brain so that your brain can understand what you see.
What is the optic nerve?
The colored part of the eye.
What is the iris?
The pupil does this when there is less light around to see.
What is dilate/open wider?
Shield that protects your eye from bugs, sand & dirt, and your little brother poking you with hot Cheetos crumb covered fingers.
What is the cornea?
The clear, flexible structure that changes shape based on how close or far away the thing you are looking at is.
What is the lens?
The thick, clear jelly that helps give the eyeball its shape (It looks like hand sanitizer gel).
What is the vitreous humor?
The acronym STEM means this.
What is Science Technology Engineering and Math?
The % of people in the world with brown eyes.
What is 90%?