SCIENCE

The Eye

9ONE
By Semu
Description
The eye is a spherical sensory organ. In the middle of the eye is a 2-4
mm hole called the pupil surrounded by a coloured circle called the
iris. The colour of the iris is different depending on the person's genes
though most people have a brown iris. Most of the eye is covered in a
white layer called the sclera. The eyes are approximately in the middle
of your head or slightly above. A newborn baby’s eye is about 16.5mm
and the size of an average adults eye is about 24mm. This sensory
organ is used to see.
 Why did I choose this
Here is a diagram of the eye particular diagram?
I used this diagram because
I found it from Education
Perfect which is a site that I
can trust because over 1
million students around the
world are using it and is
trusted for education
purposes. Its strengths is
that it's clear to see, neat,
includes most parts of the
eye and uses lines instead
of arrows which makes it
more clear. Other diagrams
How does it work?
The eye is a sensory organ. It collects light from the world around us and
converts it into nerve impulses. The optic nerve transfers these signals to the
brain and forms images, in other words the eye is used to see. The lens help
create clear images by focusing the light that pass through it and onto the
surface of the retina(the inner layer of the eye) in order to create clear images
of objects that are positioned in different distances. The coloured part
surrounding the pupil (the iris) controls how much light enters into the pupil, if
the light is too bright the pupil will close enough for some light to enter, if too
dark the pupil will open allowing more light to enter. The eye has a total of 6
extraocular muscles that help the eye to move up, down, left, right and
diagonally.
 Hyperopia (Malfunction)
With normal vision an image is sharply reflected
onto the retina. When your eye(s) is affected with
hyperopia, your cornea doesn’t refract the light
that enters the eye properly, so the light is
focused behind the retina.
Hyperopia is a common vision malfunction that commonly occurs in adults and
older generations. People with hyperopia might have to squint their eyes for
them to see nearby objects. Activities like reading, writing, computer work or
drawing for a long period of time can cause headaches and/or eye strain. Eye
strain simply means discomfort in the eye.
How can hyperopia be cured?
Hyperopia can be treated with glasses, contact lenses or surgery such as
a RLE (Refractive Lens Exchange). RLE surgery is when the natural
lens in your eye is removed and replaced with an artificial intraocular
lens to correct your vision. There are some risks that you should keep in
mind while doing a RLE surgery like infection, bleeding and even
vision loss which is quite unlikely although numerous RLE surgeries
have proven that RLE is one of the most common and safest surgery
performed around the world.
Diagram of technology fixing malfunction

The first and second

eye has a tool
removing the natural
lens and the third
replacing it with an
artificial intraocular
lens. This diagram
uses minimum words
but still explains it
clearly, includes a title
and labels.
References

I used EP (Education Perfect) as one of my references to copy and paste the eye
description diagram.
I used a site called Daviseyecare for the Hyperopia diagram.
I also used webmd.com to find my information about the description of the eye.
Links above direct you to the sites I used.