desperate ways to help remember different parts of eye.. that is.. to have a dramatic monologue.. (think emily of emerald hill -- stella kon.. gwahaha.. sec two langarts.. hohoho)
Epicarp, Mesocarp, Endocarp, lend me your nerves..
we have gathered today.. to memorise the eye.. not disect it..
TearGland secretes tears to lubricate the conjunctiva (when eyeballs move to
reduce friction so they wont quarrel) and
wash dust particles away.
Sure he is noble.
Eyelid wipes dust particles off the eyeball, spreads tears over eyeball, shields eyeball from excessive light.
Sure he is noble.
Eyelashes shield the eye from dust particles.
Sure he is noble.
Sclera/ Sclerotic coat (tough, white fibrous coat-- sounds oddly like coconut, which brings us to the point of endosperm and pericarp)
forms a protective layer around the eyeball. it continues as the transparent cornea in front of the eye. (sounds like a double agent.. maybe kira will be interested)
Sure he is noble.
Rectus muscle is used to
rotate the eyeball. It aids people with great attitude and their eye rolling habits..
Sure it is noble.
Conjunctiva (thin transparent part covering the exposed part of the eye)
protects the eye.
Sure it is noble.
Cornea allows light to enter the eye (so eye needs to breathe too.. actually so do i. breathing can or can not be controlled by the brain.. subconscious breathing involves the cerebrum) thats why we cant sleep with contact lenses because it deprives cornea of oxygen and thus increase risk of eye infection.. It has a
denser medium than air and
is the first place where light is refracted.
Sure it is noble.
Choroid coat contains
network of blood capillaries that nourishes the eye. It is
pigmented black to prevent internal reflection of light.
Sure it is noble.
Ciliary body is the modified end of choroid. It
alters the thickness of the lens by contracting or relaxing.
Sure it is noble.
Suspensory ligaments attach lens to cillary body.Sure it is noble.
Iris is the modified end of choroid (same as cillary body). It is circular disc shape. It has a pupil (no.. it is not a teacher) in the centre. Iris has
circular and radial muscles to control size of pupil.. (control freak.. gah)
Sure it is noble.
Lens (transparent, biconcave, crystalline)- changes in its curve alters length of focus to so there images on retina will be clearSure it is noble.
Retina is the
light sensitve area containing photoreceptors (rods and cones)
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Photorecptors are
connected to the nerve endings from optic nerves
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Fovea centralis is
part of retina where images are normally focused. Only contains cones (for colour vision)
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Aqueous humour (
watery fluid) keeps eyeball firm and refract light
Vitreous humour (
transparent jelly like fluid) keeps eyeball firm and refract light
from the same layer:
-sclera, cornea
-chloroid, cillary body (modified end of chloroid), iris (modified end of chloroid)
PHOTORECEPTORS: rods and cones
RODS- for vision in dim light-contains rhodopsin-rhodopsin (pigment) is bleached in bright light-needs vitamin A to formCONES- for colour vision and vision in bright light-less sensitive to light-inefficient in dim light*red*blue*greeneach have different pigmentsallows one to see a SPECTRUM OF COLOURSdim lightcircular muscles relaxradial muscles contractcauses pupil to dilate-let more light into eyebright lightcircular muscles contractradial muscles relaxpupil constricts-let less light into eye
DISTANT
circular ciliary muscle relaxs
radial ciliary muscle contracts
suspensory ligaments becomes taut
-lens becomes flattened
allows light rays to be focused onto the retina
NEAR
circular ciliary muscle contracts
radial ciliary muscle relaxs
suspensory ligaments become slack
-lens become rounder
allows light rays to be focused onto the retina
binocular and stereoscopic vision
advantages of two eyes:
-larger field of vision
-defect in one eye will not result in complete blindness
-each eye looks from different perspective
-visual centre in brain combins both to give three dimensional image
-allows distance to be judged acurately.