Parts of the eye

Regulates the amount of light entering the eye and gives the eye its color.

• Iris

• Lens

• Pupil

• Retina

Pupil

• Focuses light
• Clear tissue that covers the front of the eye
• Opening through which light enters the eye
• Layer of receptor cells

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The clear tissue that covers the front of the eye.

• Lens
• Pupil
• Iris
• Cornea

Lens

• Clear tissue that covers the eye
• Opening of the eye
• Focuses the light
• Regulates amount of light

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• Cone cells detect light and dark
• Rods focus light
• Cones detect color
• Rods detect color

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The ______________ is a muscle that controls how much light enters the eye.

• iris

• pupil

• cornea

• blind spot

The layer of light-sensitive cells at the back of the eye that detects images focused by the cornea and the lens is called the ___________________.

• blind spot

• sclera

• retina

• optic nerve

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The ________________ is the dark circle in the center of your iris that lets light into the inner eye.

• retina

• cornea

• iris

• pupil

The bundle of fibers that carry information from the retina to the brain is called the ____________________.

• optic nerve

• blind spot

• vitreous humor

• aqueous humor

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A clear, flexible structure that makes an image on the eye's retina. The _______________ is flexible so that it can change shape, focusing on objects that are close up and objects that are far away.

• lens

• cornea

• pupil

• retina