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29 kwi 2023 · To understand the diseases and conditions that can affect the eye, it helps to understand basic eye anatomy. Here is a tour of the eye starting from the outside, going in through the front and working to the back.
- Lacrimal Gland
Located above the eye, this structure produces tears....
- Eye Muscles
One muscle moves the eye to the right, and one muscle moves...
- Meibomian Glands
These glands make oil that is an important part of the eye’s...
- Tear Film
Tears are made up of three layers: the oily layer on the...
- Tear Duct
Read an overview of general eye anatomy to learn how the...
- Peripheral Retina
The area of the retina outside the macula. The peripheral...
- Cones
Cones are a type of photoreceptor cell in the retina.They...
- Rods
Rods are a type of photoreceptor cell in the retina.They are...
- Lacrimal Gland
20 mar 2021 · The Eyeball. The eyeball is a bilateral and spherical organ, which houses the structures responsible for vision. It lies in a bony cavity within the facial skeleton – known as the bony orbit. Anatomically, the eyeball can be divided into three parts – the fibrous, vascular and inner layers.
3 lis 2023 · The eyeball consists of three layers; fibrous, vascular and nervous (retina). Functionally, the most important layer is the retina, which receives the external visual stimuli. The posterior pole of the eyeball is connected with the optic nerve (CN II), which conveys the information from the retina to the brain.
3 lis 2023 · Bony cavity within the skull that houses the eye and its associated structures (muscles of the eye, eyelid, periorbital fat, lacrimal apparatus) Bones of the orbit. Maxilla, zygomatic bone, frontal bone, ethmoid bone, lacrimal bone, sphenoid bone and palatine bone. Structure of the eye. Cornea, anterior chamber, lens, vitreous chamber and retina.
9 paź 2024 · Eye Anatomy (16 Parts of the Eye & What They Do) Summary. How Do the Eyes Work? Light is reflected when you focus on an object and enters the eye through the cornea. As the light passes through, the dome-shaped nature of the cornea bends light, enabling the eye to focus on fine details.
26 gru 2023 · This article explores the anatomy of the human eye, looking at the different structures and their functions. The diagrams show cross sections of the human eyeball; as we journey through the different parts, refer to them to better understand their functions.
The structures and functions of the eyes are complex. Each eye constantly adjusts the amount of light it lets in, focuses on objects near and far, and produces continuous images that are instantly transmitted to the brain. The orbit is the bony cavity that contains the eyeball, muscles, nerves, and blood vessels, as well as the structures that ...
