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The outermost lens of the eye that focuses light into the inner eye and protects it from harmful matter. The light sensitive layer within the eye that converts images into electrical signals. The hole located in the iris that changes size to allow different amounts of light into the inner eye.
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IRIS. contractile structure, controls light entering pupil, regulates amount of light entering the eye. FOVEA CENTRALIS (MACULA LUTEA) portion of retina that where light is most focused when eye is looking directly at an object; the area of highest visual acuity; contains only cone cells. OPTIC DISC.
13 lut 2024 · The fovea centralis is a specialized area of the retina that has the highest visual acuity (sharpest vision). Specifically, it is a depression located within the center of the macula lutea, the rounded yellowish area of the retina situated just lateral to the optic disc.
17 lip 2023 · The proper function of the eye depends on its ability to receive and process energy from light in the environment, produce action potentials in specialized nerve cells, and relay those potentials through the optic nerve (cranial nerve II) to the brain.
30 paź 2023 · The main function of the choroid is to provide oxygen and nourishment to the outer retina. However, it is also important in thermoregulation of the posterior eye, the modulation of intraocular pressure and in the drainage of aqueous humor from the anterior chamber.
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