The Eye

Gel-like fluid posterior to the lens

• Aqueous Humor
• Retina
• Vitreous Humor
• Optic humor

Photoreceptors that detect Color

• Cones
• Rods

Photoreceptors that detect gray tones in low light

• Rods
• Cones

When the eyeball is too long causing Nearsightedness

• Myopia
• Hyperopia
• Asigmatism
• Presbyopia

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

When the eyeball is too short, causing Farsightedness

• Hyperopia
• Myopia
• Glaucoma
• Astigmatism

When the cornea is not shaped correctly

• Astigmatism
• Claucoma
• Cataracts

When excess aqueous humor puts too much pressure on the optic nerve

• Cataracts
• Glaucoma
• Myopia
• Astigmatism

When proteins build up in the lens, causing cloudy vision

• Cataracts
• Glaucoma
• Astigmatism
• Myopia

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Area of the retina that doesn't contain any photoreceptors (your blind spot)

• Optic Nerve
• Optic Disc
• Ciliary body
• Cornea

What is this?

• Ciliary Body
• Suspensory Ligaments
• Sclera
• Choroid