The Eye: physics, anatomy, and common patholgies

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The Eye in the scope of Division B Optics.

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What is the more scientific term for the ‘eye socket’?

The orbit of the eye.

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What kind of image does the eye create?

A real and inverted image projected on the retina.

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What components of the eye form its thin lens?

The lens and cornea.

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What is the sclera?

The tough, white outer layer of the eyeball that protects and maintains the shape of the eye.

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What is the retina?

The inner lining of the eye that has photoreceptor cells and ‘sees’ the image.

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What is the cornea?

The first component of the thin lens that light passes through where most refraction occurs.

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What is the lens?

The second part of the thin lens that light passes through in order to form a projected image on the retina.

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What is attunation?

The process by which the eye changes the shape of the thin lens in order to view near vs far objects.

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How does the eye attunate for near objects?

It requires a more powerful lens.

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How does the eye attunate for far objects?

It requires a less powerful lens.

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What are the ciliary muscles?

Muscles used to change the shape of the thin lens in the eye.

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What are rods?

Photoreceptor cells that are sensitive to low light, and don’t concern themselves with color.

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What is the fovea? The macula?

1). Center of the retina. 2). Center of the fovea.

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How many rods are in the eye?

120 million.

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What are cones?

Photoreceptor cells that are sensitive to color.

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How many cones are in the eye?

6 million.

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Where are the cones concentrated?

The macula.

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What are the primary colors of light (additive primaries)?

Red, green, and blue.

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What are the primary colors of pigment (subtractive primaries)?

Magenta, yellow, and cyan.

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What do red and blue make?

Magenta.

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What do blue and green make?

Cyan.

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What do red and green make?

Yellow.

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What do red, green, and blue make?

White.

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What is black?

No colors.

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