Light pathway
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allows the light into eye
Aqueous Humor
At night and low level light, these help us to see, in black and white
Bend light rays to focus them onto retina
Bend/focuses light rays onto the lens
Brain (Visual Cortex)
Ciliary Muscles
Cones
Controls amount of light travelling through the pupil by expanding and contracting
Cornea
Expands and contracts to help bend and focus these light rays
Fovea
Help to see colour in bright light.
Helps to focus these lights onto the retina
Here the image is most clear focused
Iris
It travels through the aqueous humour
Lens
Meaning is now added -and the image is interpreted.
Optic nerve
Pathway of light through the eye
Photo receptors
Pupil
Recieves the light and processes it.
Retina
Rods
Transmits the image to brain
Vitreous Humor