Exploration Of The Human Eye

Question 0

Lens

Answer 0

Transparent tissue that vends light passing through eye

Question 1

Cornea

Answer 1

Transparent tissue covering eye

Question 2

Iris

Answer 2

Circular band of muscle that controls eye size

Question 3

Vitreous humour

Answer 3

Jelly-like substance that makes the eye maintain its shape

Question 4

Retina

Answer 4

Sensory tissue that focuses eye and responds to light

Question 5

Optic nerve

Answer 5

carries visual signals to the brain

Question 6

Fovea

Answer 6

Central retina and focused vision

Question 7

Rods

Answer 7

Vision at low light levels

Question 8

Cones

Answer 8

Deals with details and colors

Question 9

Where are cones and rods located?

Answer 9

Retina

Question 10

What do rods help you see

Answer 10

Low light levels

Question 11

What do cones help you see

Answer 11

Higher light levels

Question 12

Myopia

Answer 12

Nearsighted

When light focuses in front of the retina

Longer eye & steeper cornea

Question 13

Hypermetropia

Answer 13

Farsighted

Focuses behind retina

Shorter eye

Question 14

Astigmatism

Answer 14

Light focuses are more than one part

Cornea is oval

Question 15

Color blindness

Answer 15

Trouble discriminations some colors, hereditary disorder

Question 16

Far point

Answer 16

Farthest point the eye can focus on

Question 17

Near point

Answer 17

Closest ping the eye can see (around 25cm)