The Human Eye

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The Human Eye The human eye is an amazing feature that serves as our body’s camera. It is what captures the images all around us with striking clarity. Although the eye may be small in size, it is a structural body part when taking a deeper look. The eye is made up of three layers; the sclera, the choroids coat, and the retina, each playing an important roll in vision. The retina is then broken down to four light receptors, consisting of rods and cones. The eye also consists of accessory structures such as, eyelashes and eyelids. It is important to also understand the difference between farsightedness and nearsightedness and ways in which they can be corrected. The eye consists of three layers. The toughest and outermost layer (fibrous tunic), the sclera, creates the “white” of the eye. The sclera gives the eye structure and protects the internal components, except in the front where it forms a transparent cornea. The cornea is a transparent structure that admits light to the interior of the eye and bends the light rays so they can be brought to a focus. The cornea is responsible for 70 percent of the focusing power of the eye; vision would be impossible without the cornea. Because the cornea is transparent, there are no blood vessels. The tissue needs to get all of its oxygen and nutrients by diffusion, which results in the cornea being able to “breathe” across its surface. The surface of the cornea is kept moist and dust-free by secretions from the tear gland. The middle layer (vascular tunic), the choroids coat, is what provides internal maintenance functions and focusing control. The choroids is a layer of nutritive and supporting tissues that are deeply pigmented with melanin, which reduces reflection of stray light within the eye. In the front of the eye, the choroids coat forms the ciliary body and the iris. The ciliary body are

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