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CARMALT - parts of the eye
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| part of the eye that focuses on images | lens |
| opening in the iris where light enters the eye; looks like it changes size with amount of light (but is really the iris that changes) | pupil |
| clear jelly fluid within the eyeball | vitreous humor |
| carries blood to and from the eye; brings nutrients to eye | blood vessels |
| outer covering of the eyeball: "whites" of your eye | sclera |
| nerve that takes signals to the brain from the retina; "blind" spot | optic nerve |
| transparent outside part of the eye covering the iris and pupil | cornea |
| cells in the retina used to see in dim light | rods |
| retina cells used to see colors and clear images | cones |
| lining in the back of the eye having cones and rods and the optic nerve | retina |
| color part of eye that opens and closes to allow light to enter | iris |