The Outer Layers of the Eye and Common Eyesight Issues
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Unit 2 Notes: Vision Tuesday3-16-2010
(1) Outer Layers of The Eye • 3 layers surrounding inner fluid: • Outermost = Sclera • Middle Tissue = Choroid • Innermost = Retina • Inner Fluid = Humor • Humor increases inner pressure • Maintains eyeball shape • Glaucoma Increase in Pressure
(2) The Sclera • White tissue on the outside • Contains the cornea: • Light enters the eye here • Directly connected to nerve endings
(3) The Choroid • Made of darker pigments: • Keeps light rays inside the eye • Contains the ciliary body and the iris: • Ciliary Body = Lens is attached to this Tissue • Iris = Pigmented portion of your eye • Muscle • Contract = Decrease Light Inflow • Relax = Increase Light Inflow
(4) The Retina • Contains Photoreceptors (Rods & Cones) • Electrical signal passes from receptors optic nerve brain • Rods = Shades & Grays • Cones = Colors • Blue-Yellow • Green • Red-Green • Impulses from multiple receptors In Between Colors
(5) Color Blindness • Monochromacy • All cones are missing or damaged • No color • Still can see shades (rods function) • Dichromacy • Red-Green Colors look the same • Blue-Yellow Colors look the same
(6) Light Refraction & The Lens • Light passes through the cornea and Lens to enter eyeball… • Light passing thru different mediums Refraction • Refraction = Bending of light • Eye controls amount of light entering with Iris + Lens: • Ciliary Body Contraction Closing In of Iris Decreased Pupil Size • Ciliary Body Relaxes Widening of Iris Increased Pupil Size
(7) Types of Eyesight • Emmetropia = Perfect Eye Sight • Myopia = Nearsighted • Hyperopia = Farsighted • Astigmatism = All Messed Up
(8) Myopia • Cornea too convex or bulging… • Light is over focused and refracted before hitting retina • Light rays are scattered when hitting retina • Blurred Vision • Solution: • Concave Lens (thinner in middle) • Decreases refraction, Spreads out Light Rays
(9) Hyperopia • Cornea is too concave (flattened out): • Light is not focused or refracted enough • Light rays are scattered when hitting retina • Blurred Vision • Solution: • Convex Lens (thicker in middle) • Refracts and Focuses light before hitting eye
(10) Astigmatism • Uneven cornea or lens: • Causes blurred vision because light is refracted unevenly • Astigma = Not A Point • Solution: • Concave + Convex Lens • Cancels out Uneveness
Optical / Visual Illusions • Not all are fully understood • Unusual combinations of color, shades and angles confuses our brain • Lack of “stable”, familiar surroundings confuses our brain • Our brains “fill in” areas we do not know or see to stabilize the visual
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