Thursday 30 April 2020
How is the mammalian eye adapted to its functions?
Sclera/sclerotic layer; white fibrous layer; made up of thick connective
tissue; protects the eye; maintains shape of eyeball; Cornea; transparent;
disc-shaped layer; that allows light to enter the eye; refracts light towards
the retina; Conjunctiva; delicate membrane; lining the inside of the eyelid;
protects the cornea/eye; Eyelids and eye lashes; thin muscle with hairs;
protects the cornea/eye from mechanical/chemical damage/protects the eye from
entry of foreign particles; protects retina from bright light; Choroid; dark
pigmented and membranous layer; that prevents light reflection within the
eye/absorbs light; to prevent distortion of the image; has blood vessels; that
nourish eye/retina/supply oxygen/remove carbon (IV) oxide and wastes; extends
to form the ciliary body and iris; Ciliary muscles; have elastic muscles that
contract and relax; to alter shape/curvature of lens during accommodation;
Ciliary body; thickened front edge of the choroids layer; that produces aqueous
humour; Suspensory ligaments; made up of elastic connective tissue whose
contraction and relaxation helps to adjust the shape of lens during
accommodation/holds lens in position; Lens; transparent; biconvex;
balloon-like; it refracts light rays/focus light onto the retina; Vitreous
humour; nourishes cornea/lens; refraction of light; maintains eyeball shape;
Iris; thin circular ring; with circular and radial muscles; it gives eye
colour/absorbs light; controls the amount of light entering the eye/adjusts
size of pupil; Pupil; an aperture through which light enters the eye; Retina;
has photoreceptor cells/rods/cones for image formation; generates impulses to
the brain for interpretation; Fovea/Yellow spot; with only cones; for high
visual acuity/most sensitive part of the retina Blind spot; point where nerve
fibres emerge from the optic nerve/where optic nerve leaves eye/point where
nerve fibres and blood vessels enter the eye; Optic nerve; transmits impulses
to the brain; Muscles; inferior and superior oblique muscles; move eye from
left to right; superior and inferior rectus muscles; move the eye up and down;
external and internal rectus muscles steady the eye in its up and down
movement; Tear/Lachrymal glands; secrete a watery and saline fluid containing lysozymes/lytic enzymes/is
antiseptic (tears); that moisten the conjunctiva and cornea; washes away dust
and other foreign objects; kills microorganisms entering the eye;
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