THE EYES

How it Works

Parts

Function of
Each Parts

Eye Movement

Imperfect
Eye Sights

Eye Fun Facts

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Introduction:
From the moment you wake up in
How it Works the morning to the time you go to
sleep at night, your eyes are acting
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like a video camera. Everything you
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Each Parts
look at is then sent to your brain for
processing and storage much like a
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video cassette. This is a very
Imperfect simplified explanation, you will
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discover why the sense of sight is
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complex of the five senses.
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Take a moment to locate an object

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around you. Do you know how you are
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able to see it? Would you believe that
Function of
Each Parts what you are actually seeing are
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The light rays enter the eye through

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the cornea, which is a thick,
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transparent protective layer on the
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Each Parts surface of your eye. Then the light
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Your lens in your eyes change size all
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the time. When you look at objects real
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close up, the lens gets thicker. If you
Function of
Each Parts look at objects far away, it gets
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After light passes through the lens

How it Works it shines through the vitreous
Parts humor to the back of the eye
Function of
where it hits the retina. The retina
Each Parts takes the light and changes it into
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sends the message to the brain
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Function of
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 Cornea: The cornea is a clear white
covering over the outside of the eye.
How it Works
It helps the eye focus like a lens on
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a camera.
 Iris: The iris is the part of your eye
Function of
Each Parts that has color. It gets bigger and
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smaller to let in different amounts of
light.
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the eye. Light comes through this
opening.
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 Aqueous humor: The aqueous
humor is clear water-like substance
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that keeps your eye clean. It also
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provides nutrition.
 Lens: The lens bends light. This
Function of
Each Parts helps the eye see close up and far
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away things.
 Vitreous Humor: The vitreous humor
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back of your eye.
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Retina: The retina has nerve
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cells called rods and cones that
detect light. It is in the back of
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your eye.
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Optic Nerve: The optic nerve
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carries electrical signals from
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can see.
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Rods and Cones:

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Rods and cones are special cells
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that process light.
Function of
Each Parts Rods and cones are extremely
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small. In fact, there are about 120
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Continuation...

How it Works Rods help us see black and white

Parts and shades of grey.
Function of
Each Parts Cones help us see color. You have
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green, and blue. These cones work

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colors.
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When you see
images, they turn
How it Works
upside down when
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they hit the retina.
So your brain sees
Function of
Each Parts everything in the
world upside down.
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Your brain basically
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around so it is right
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side up again.
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There are the six small muscles that
move each eye from side to side, up
How it Works and down and on the slant. When
these muscles don't work together, it
Parts
can affect vision. One condition that
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Each Parts
can arise when these muscles don't
work together is “lazy eye”, a condition
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that affects about 5% of children and
Imperfect arises when the eye muscles don't
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work together properly. This leads to
Eye Fun Facts "lazy eye," in which one eye takes
over all the vision duties.
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A defining characteristic of these
How it Works
tiny muscles is that they are
nearly always moving, even
Parts during sleep. In fact, even when
Function of "staring" at a fixed object, the
Each Parts
eyes keep moving over the
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image. Although these muscles
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are very small, they use a lot of
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energy because they are always
on the go. Eye Protection
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Because the eye is such an important
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and complex part of our body, we have
Parts many features which protect the eye.
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 The eyebrows are the strips of
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hair above your eyes which prevent
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Eyelashes help keep the eye
clean by collecting small dirt and
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Function of dust particles floating through the

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air. The eyelashes also protect the
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eye from the sun's and other light's
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glare.
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The eyelids sweep dirt from the

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surface of the eye. The eyelid also
Parts
protects the eye from injury.
Function of
Each Parts Tears are sterile drops of clean
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water which constantly bathe the
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Imperfect Eyesight:
Nearsighted and Farsighted
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Not all people have perfect vision.
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People who can see things up close,
Function of
Each Parts but not far away are considered to be
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nearsighted. This happens when the
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Continuation...

How it Works On the other hand, people who can

Parts see far away objects but not those
Function of
Each Parts that are up close are farsighted.
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Farsightedness occurs when the
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a point behind the retina.
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 Most people blink every 2-10
seconds.Each time you blink, you shut
How it Works your eyes for 0.3 seconds, which
means your eyes are closed at least
Parts
30 minutes a day just from blinking.
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 If you only had one eye, everything
would appear two-dimensional. (This
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does not work just by closing one
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 Owls can see a mouse moving over
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150 feet away with light no brighter
than a candle.
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 The reason cat's and dog's eyes glow
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at night is because of silver mirrors in
the back of their eyes called the
Parts tapetum. This makes it easier for
Function of them to see at night.
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 An ostrich has eyes that are two
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Imperfect than their brain.
Eye Sights  A chameleon's eyes can look in
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 A newborn baby sees the world

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upside down because it takes
Parts some time for the baby's brain to
Function of learn to turn the picture right-side
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up.
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Imperfect  One in every twelve males is

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color blind
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