THE HUMAN EYE & SIGHT

The Eye

Function: used for sight

Structural Make-up

Clear front surface of the eye where light will first enter
Cornea - ____________________________________________
_____________________

Back of the eye

Iris controls the amount of light reaching the ____________
By
automatically adjusting the size of the pupil
_______________________________________

Allows the light to reach the

Pupil the opening of the eye that _______________________
Lens
___________________________

Color part the eye

This is the __________of

Black portion

This is the _________of your eye that will either become dilated or
constricted

contracting and dilating of the pupil

Cilary body will control The
_______________________________
Based
of
light
exposure
_________________________-

Constricts
for bright light
_________________(smaller)
for dim light
Dilates
____________________(larger)

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The Eye

That
Retina innermost portion located in the back of the eye______
Contains light receptors as well as the cones and rods
_______________________________________________

Cones

Rods

To light and allow us to see

detect color and are less sensitive __________________________
Color in bright light
________________________________________
Shades of gray in dim light
are sensitive to light detect _______________________________

Optic nerve
The retina will transmit the light to the ________________
Sends the light to the brain to process for sight
Optic nerve -__________________________________________
__________________________________

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Nearsightedness
Farsightedness
17. ______________________and
_______________result
when the

focal point is not on the retina; corrective lenses bend the light
rays to compensate
Can see
Nearsighted- ______
Near objects but not far away
__________________
__________________
The eye is long - shaped. The
_________________
corrective lens is convex

__________________

__________________

________________

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Farsighted
_________________can see

far objects away but not close

Is to short
The eyeball _____________________.
Concave
corrective lens is _____________.

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