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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.
25 kwi 2024 · Anatomy of the Eye Structures of the Eye. Retinal Blood vessels are tubes (arteries and veins) that carry blood to and from the eye. Optic nerve is a bundle of nerve fibers connecting the retina with the brain, carrying signals of light, dark, and colors to the visual cortex.
Connection of the optic nerve and retina, also where the blood vessels enter eye.
3 lis 2023 · The main function of the eye is to detect the visual stimuli (photoreception) and to convey the gathered information to the brain via the optic nerve (CN II). In the brain, the information from the eye is processed and ultimately translated into an image.
Vision is the special sense of sight that is based on the transduction of light stimuli received through the eyes. The eyes are located within either orbit in the skull. The bony orbits surround the eyeballs, protecting them and anchoring the soft tissues of the eye (Figure 15.5.1).
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.
26 lis 2019 · This chapter provides an overview of the main structural and functional properties of the ocular vasculature. Four major circulatory systems within the eye are considered, namely those nourishing the retina, the optic nerve head, the choroid, and the anterior...
