Anatomy Of Eye Essay

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Eye is not only the most beautiful but also the most important sensory organ and window of the soul. Eye is the organ of vision. 1.1. Anatomy of eye: The sole purpose of the eyes and its associated structures within the bony orbit is to form a good image on a healthy retina. Two spheres with different radii compose outer surface of eye. The anterior segment is part of the smaller sphere, is formed by the transparent cornea and it accounts for approximately 7% of the ocular surface. The posterior segment of the eye ball is part of the large sphere which is formed of the opaque sclera. Internal to sclera is a vascular, pigmented layer consisting of three continuous parts that cumulatively make the uveal tract which is a thin choroid lying posteriorly, a thicker ciliary body and an anterior iris. The internal surface of the choroid is covered by the photo-sensory retina, which terminates anteriorly at the ora serrata, which also marks the junction between the ciliary body and choroid. The…show more content…
A matel plunger passes down the central part of the tonometer and impinges on the anterior pole of the cornea thereby causing a certain amount of indentation which is recorded by a lever on a scale; weights of the plunger may be altered in some types of tonometer so that different readings on the scale are obtained in the same eye. The results of these readings are then translated in terms of IOP by graphic readings which have been obtained experimentally. Calibration of Schiotz tonometer ; to relate the scale readings to millimetersof mercury of intraocular pressure were refined by Friendwald and others member of the Committee of Standardization of Tonometers of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolarygology, resulting in the 1955 calibration table (Table#). These readings are correct only for eyes with normal ocular

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