Light pathway

Leah B.

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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