Thursday, July 30, 2009

Anatomy of the Eye























1. Eye Model inside skull
2. Eye model Cross-Section
3. Eye Model w/ Blood Supply
4. Eye Model W/ Nerves
5. Eye & Skull
6. Eye Socket

Anatomy of Eye Introduction
Even though the eye is small, only about 1 inch in diameter, it serves a very important function – your sense of sight. Vision is arguably the most used of the 5 senses and is one of the primary means that we use to gather information from our surroundings.

The eye is often compared to a camera. Each gathers light and then transforms that light into a “picture”. Both also have lenses to focus the incoming light. A camera uses a film to create a picture, whereas the eyes uses a specialized layer of cells, called the retina.