1. Viviana Guzman 4/28/14 Life science Period 5 PARTS OF THE EYE

2. WHAT IS THE EYE? The eye is each of a pair of globular organs in the head through which people and vertebrate animals see, the visible part typically appearing almond-shaped in animals with eyelids.

3. TEAM 1-ANATOMY:THE STRUCTURE OF THE EYE

4. THE “WHITE” PART OF THE EYE the “WHITE” PART OF THE EYE IS CALLED THE Conjunctiva is the mucous membrane that covers the front of the eye and lines the inside of the eyelids.

5. EXAMPLE OF BAD AND HEALTHY CONJUNCTIVA

6. TEAM 2-FOCUS When the eye is relaxed and the interior lens is the least rounded, the lens has its maximum focal length for distant viewing. As the muscle tension around the ring of muscle is increased and the supporting fibers are thereby loosened, the interior lens rounds out to its minimum focal length

7. LET'S SEE WHAT YOU KNOW SO FAR! What is the eye? Name four parts of the eye? Which is the outer layer of your eye? 1.Iris 2.Pupil 3.Cornea Do your cones in your eye allow you to see color? 1.True 2.false

8. HOW EYE ACCOMMODATION WORKS

9. WHAT'S IN THE BACK? what's IN THE BACK OF YOUR EYE? in THE BACK OF YOUR EYE YOU HAVE WHAT IS CALLED THE RETINA. THE RETINA IS a layer at the back of the eyeball containing cells that are sensitive to light and that trigger nerve impulses that pass via the optic nerve to the brain, where a visual image is formed.

10. DO YOU UNDERSTAND, YES, NO, MAYBE SO? WHAT IS THE RETINA? What is the “white” part of the eye called? 1.Conjunctiva 2.Iris 3.Cornea Got everything correct? Great!!