Fast Facts about the Eyes

By Jocelyn Sun
Location:
The eyes are located in your eye sockets. The eye sockets are on
the middle-front part of the skull. It is about the size of a PingPong ball.
System:
The eyes are in the nervous system. The nervous system lets you
see, touch, hear, taste, and smell.
Function/Purpose:
The eyes are the organs that let you see. You could still live
without the eyes, though.
Performing Function:
The eye is made up of three layers. The sclera is the protective
layer on the outside of the eye. The choroid contains the blood
vessels that carry nutrients and oxygen to the eye. The retina is
the light-sensitive layer that is part of the nervous system tissue.
The part of the eye that lets in light is called the vitreous humor. It
also lets the eye keep its round shape. The cornea helps the eye
focus light, though you cant see the cornea. Behind the cornea is
the aqueous humor. The cornea and aqueous humor form an
outer lens. The outer lens bends the light when it travels through
the eye. Most of the eyes focusing work is done here. The iris is
behind the aqueous humor. It controls how much light goes into
the eye by growing bigger or smaller. The lens is behind the iris. It
also focuses light. The lens changes shape to see farther or
nearer. Next is the retina. The retina has a lot of rods and cones.
Rods and cones let us see color by sensing the color. The retina
sends signals to the brain through the optic nerves, which carry

the signals to the brain. The brain flips the picture right-side up,
because the eye actually sees upside down.
Diseases and Symptoms:
1. Astigmatism: The image will be blurry.
2. Myopia: Nearsightedness, which only lets you see images
closer to the eye.
3. Hyperopia: Farsightedness, which only lets you see far away.
4. Cataracts: The image cant be seen clearly or cant be seen at
all. Cataracts are like blindness. Cataracts form in the lens.
5. Color Blindness: The eye confuses colors. More boys have color
blindness than girls.
6. Conjunctivis: The eye has redness, pain, and/or swelling.
7. Dacryostenosis: There is a blockage of the tear drainage
system.
These are only some diseases!
Is There a Prevention for the Disease:
1. Cataracts: There is no prevention.
2. Color Blindness: No prevention.
3. Conjunctivis: Yes, you can have eye drops.
4. Astigmatism: No, but the person can wear glasses or contacts.
5. Myopia: No, but you can wear glasses or contacts.
6. Hyperopia: No, but you can wear glasses or contacts.
7. Dacryostenosis: No.

Vital/Non-vital:
The eyes are non-vital. If they were removed, you could still live,
although you would not be able to see. If only one eye was
removed, your blind spot would be longer.
Alcohol Effects:
If a person drank too much alcohol, he or she might have blurry
vision, double vision, reduced vision, or eye redness.
Questions I Still Have About the Eyes:
1. Does hyperopia have anything to do with being hyper?
2. How does the Braille alphabet work?

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