Figure 1.4 Vitreous Humor
The eye is an intricate part of our body. In comparison to a car, the engine being the heart, the gas tank being the stomach, the eye would be all the windows and gauges. Imagine having all the windows fogged and not being able to see. Imagine the gauges do not work and you do not know how fast you are going or how much gas is left in tank. You would have to drive with feeling only. The image with all the parts are depicted in Figure 1.1. Without the eye you would be in the same sinking boat. The eye allows you to not only view objects, but to view depth, color, size, and every little detail. The eye is a complicated machine in itself with many parts. The eye works by refracting light rays to the retina. The light rays are adjusted through
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Infections to this area are known as the popular “Pink Eye.” Lacrimal glands are found on the outer part of each eye and are producers of tears. Figure 1.1: Eye and its structure.
1.4.4 Vitreous Humor and Aqueous Humor
The Vitreous Humor is gel like substance in the back part of the eyeball which provides the shape of the eyeball. The Aqueous Humor is the watery region in the form of the eye ball. It is separated into two regions, the anterior chamber in front of the iris and the posterior chamber behind it. The canal of Schlemm drains water in this region and is sometimes blocked off leading to the disease known as glaucoma or other complications.
1.4.5 Iris and Pupil
The Pupil is the dark, black circle of the eye. It contracts with brightness and expands during darkness allowing light to better transmit. The iris is the colored part of the eye. This coloring is due to pigment cells in tissue in the iris. The iris contains the sphincter pupillae, a muscle used to narrow the pupil, and the dilator pupillae, a muscle used to widen the pupil. …show more content…
Through the expression and activity of specific proteins, it regulates the transport of nutrients and waste products to and from the retina, it contributes to outer segment renewal by ingesting and degrading the spent tips of photoreceptor outer segments, it protects the outer retina from excessive high-energy light and light-generated oxygen reactive species and maintains retinal homeostasis through the release of diffusible
Infections to this area are known as the popular “Pink Eye.” Lacrimal glands are found on the outer part of each eye and are producers of tears. Figure 1.1: Eye and its structure.
1.4.4 Vitreous Humor and Aqueous Humor
The Vitreous Humor is gel like substance in the back part of the eyeball which provides the shape of the eyeball. The Aqueous Humor is the watery region in the form of the eye ball. It is separated into two regions, the anterior chamber in front of the iris and the posterior chamber behind it. The canal of Schlemm drains water in this region and is sometimes blocked off leading to the disease known as glaucoma or other complications.
1.4.5 Iris and Pupil
The Pupil is the dark, black circle of the eye. It contracts with brightness and expands during darkness allowing light to better transmit. The iris is the colored part of the eye. This coloring is due to pigment cells in tissue in the iris. The iris contains the sphincter pupillae, a muscle used to narrow the pupil, and the dilator pupillae, a muscle used to widen the pupil. …show more content…
Through the expression and activity of specific proteins, it regulates the transport of nutrients and waste products to and from the retina, it contributes to outer segment renewal by ingesting and degrading the spent tips of photoreceptor outer segments, it protects the outer retina from excessive high-energy light and light-generated oxygen reactive species and maintains retinal homeostasis through the release of diffusible