Internal structures of eye

the 3 layers include:

outer layer:sclera and cornea
middle layer:choroid, ciliary body and iris
inner layer:retina

-the eye is divided into 2 chambers, which are the (anterior) and (posterior ) chambers, by
the (lens)

letter name appearance functions

A lens -transparent -refract and focus

-elastic light onto the retina
-biconvex
-living cells that
have lost their nuclei

B anterior chamber space between Aqueous humour as

filled with aqueous cornea & lens a clear, watery
humour solution secreted by
the ciliary body
supplies the cornea
& lens with oxygen
& nutrients, which
have no blood
vessels

C cornea -front layer of the -curved surface

eye refracts light
-continuous to
sclera
-curved surface
-transparent for light
to pass through
D pupil -central hole /

E iris -connected to the -muscles controls

ciliary body, lying in the size of the pupil
front of the lens -adjusts the amount
-contains pigment of light entering the
that gives the color eye
of the eye
-consists of radial
muscles and circular
muscles

F suspensory ligament / /

G ciliary muscle / contracts and

relaxes to change
the tension in the
suspensory ligament
, hence the shape of
the lens, to focus
light from object at
different distances

H ciliary body -forward /

continuation of
choroid
-a ring of muscular
tissue surrounding
the edge of the lens
-attached to the lens
by suspensory
ligaments

I posterior chamber -spaces between The fluid keeps the

filled with vitreous lens & retina shape of the
humour -filled with vitreous eyeball, help refract
humour, which is a & focus light onto
clear jelly-like fluid the retina
also secreted by
ciliary body

J eye muscles / -contract and relax

to allow the eyeball
to rotate

K sclera -white -gives the shape of

-opaque the eyeball
-fibrous -protects the
-tough structure inside
-surface for eye
muscles to attach on

L choroid -middle layer of the reduces internal

eye reflection of light in
-dark in color due to the eye, contributes
 presence of black to sharp vision
pigment
-with blood vessels

M retina -inner layer of the -photoreceptors

eye stimulated by lights
- contains -> generate nerve
photoreceptors impulses
connected to
neurones

N yellow spot -central region of the /

retina with cone
cells only

O blind spot where the optic fibre /

leaves the eye,
contains no
photoreceptors

P blood vessels / supply the cells in

the retina with
oxygen & nutrients,
and remove wastes.

Q optic nerve bundles of nerve transmit nerve

fibres from neurones impulses to the
in retina brain