Anatomy
What is the outside white part of the eyeball?
The sclera
What do birds, cats and dogs all have in common?
Three eyelids
Name two safety equipment pieces you should use when doing the eyeball dissection.
Gloves and Eye protection
What eye condition causes goopy, red eyes and is usually caused by a virus or bacteria?
Pink Eye or Conjunctivitis
Marvelous in our eyes
This is the clear window in front of the eye. Light passes through here into your eye.
Cornea
How many times do you blink per minute?
15-20 times
What is the hard nodual that protrudes out the back of the sheeps eye. It was revealed once you cut away the fatty tissue.
Optic Nerve
This disease causes the lens to cloud over and is usually a disease in older adults.
Cataracts
Matthew 6:22-23
The eye is the lamp of the body.
This part of the eye is what controls the amount of light that comes through the pupil.
The Iris
How many working/moving parts did God use to create our incredible eyeball?
over 2 million.
What is the shape of the sheep's pupil?
Rectangular
This is not a disease, but this is when your eyes can see far away, but not close up.
Farsighted or hyperopia
Proverbs 4:25
fix your gaze directly before you
There are millions of these cells on the back of the eye that sense light.
Rods
What is heterochromia?
This part of the sheep's eye allows it to focus on objects far away or close up.
Lens
This is also not a disease, but a condition when the cones of the eye are not picking up proper colours.
Colourblind
Romans 1:20
so that people are without excuse
Fovea
What is the world record for how far someone could see? (we will accept an answer within .3 of a km)
1.6km
This clear jelly like substance, is what keeps the shape of the sheep's eyeball.
Vitreous Humour
This disease is caused when the aqueous humour causes pressure in the eye to build up, and causes pain and eventual blindness in the eye.
Glaucoma
Colossians 1:15-17
For in Him all things were created