Special Senses

clear liquid between cornea and lens. Nourishes eye with glucose and other nutrients

• lens

• cornea

• vitreous humor

• aqueous humor

the color of your eye. Regulates amount of light into eye

• pupil

• iris

• cornea

• sclera

protection of the eye and refracts light to the lens (60-75% of light that enters the eye). Collagen fibers run parallel

• pupil

• lens

• sclera

• cornea

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

an opening that allows light to enter your eye

• retina

• pupil

• iris

• macula

supporting wall, maintain shape, protection, appears white

• sclera

• cornea

• macula

• iris

supplies eye with oxygen and nutrients, thermoregulation, and regulates intraocular pressure

• macula

• sclera

• choroid

• retina

houses cones (color) and rods (movement). Captures light and converts it into biochemical signals.

• retina

• choroid

• lens

• iris

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

central vision (on retina)

• macula

• optic nerve

• lens

• focoaus

takes biochemical signals from retina to brain where information is processed

• Pacinian corpuscle

• olfactory nerve

• optic nerve

• somatic nerve endings

clear fluid/gel like sack,holds shape of eye

• cornea
• retina
• aqueous humor
• vitreous humor