TITLE PINEAL GLAND: “THE HIDDEN EYE” INTRODUCTION The third eye‚ also referred as parietal eye or pineal eye‚ is a photosensory organ that triggers hormone production and thermoregulation. This eye cannot see in quite the same way as the main eyes‚ instead only detecting shapes and shadows rather than full pictures. They are also highly sensitive to changes in light and dark – producing markedly different hormones based on time of day. It produces melatonin‚ a hormone that affects the modulation
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Eye Donation Introduction We are one of the fastest growing economies in the world today; ironically‚ we also shoulder one of the largest populations of the visually impaired. There are almost 52 million visually impaired people and 270‚000 blind children in India. That’s almost one-fourth the world’s blind population living in India. For the more academically oriented‚ as some economist pointed out‚ this could mean a cumulative loss of over $ 11.1 billion to our GNP! It is this kind of a grave
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Eye Colour Aim I will be calculating 25 children’s eye colour I will put my result in a table and then calculate the mean‚ mode‚ median and range I will also calculate the percentages as well once this is done I will then do two charts of my findings then evaluate what I have done. Number of children | Hazel | Blue | Brown | 1 | | √ | | 2 | | √ | | 3 | √ | | | 4 | | | √ | 5 | | √ | | 6 | | √ | | 7 | | | √ | 8 | | | √ | 9 | | | √ | 10 | | √ | | 11
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Human’s Unique Eyes In the article Unique Morphology of the Human Eye and Its Adaptive Meaning: Comparative Studies on External Morphology of the Primate Eye written by Hiromi Kobayashi and Shiro Kohshima‚ there is an extensive look at how the exterior anatomy of primate and human eyes differ‚ and why this would be significantly adaptive as a trait. The authors focused on the distinctive coloration in the human eye along with its visible unpigmented sclera. They also concentrated their study to analyzing
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Sue Punderson English Comp. 1101 April‚ 19 2013 Blame the Eyes and the Brain The human eye and brain are two of the most extrodinary and vauleable organs in the body. The eye gives people the ability to perform daily tasks and to explore the world around them. The brain gives people the ability to feel emotions‚ to reason‚ and to conform. Vision‚ is an occuring process that needs constant interactions between the eye‚ the nervous system‚ and the brain. When a person looks at an object
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EYE DISORDERS REVIEW NORMAL ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY EFFECTS OF AGING ASSESSMENTS TYPES OF DISORDERS CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS Review assessment of the eye • History • Physical Exam • Gerontologic considerations DEFINITIONS Ophthalmologist Optician Optometrist REFRACTIVE ERRORS This defect is a result of irregular corneal curvature‚ length of the eye‚ or the focusing power of the lens *Myopia * Hyperopia * Presbyopis
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Cow’s eye dissection AIM ~ To locate and distinguish specific parts to an eye of a cow‚ in particular‚ its lens. OBSERVATIONS ~ Before actually beginning the dissection of the cow’s eye‚ we were about to sketch a fairly relative picture of our observing’s of the exterior body of the eye. The eye‚ having almost completely being sheltered in fat and muscle‚ was quite firm and only the cornea and optic nerve was identified. By further cutting down the fat‚ we were able to spot a rather tough pinkie
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Most of us would not readily think that eye contact had anything to do with language‚ or a person’s culture. While researching a topic for this paper I came across an article on cultural differences that contained a section about eye contact. I found it to be very telling‚ as to the reasons for either the lack of‚ or the reasons for eye contact. The article of reference is “Cultural Differences? Or‚ Are we really that different?” ( Gregorio Billikoph). This article discusses the differences in
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clouding of the lens in the eye that affects vision. Most cataracts are related to aging. Cataracts are very common in older people. By age 80‚ more than half of all Americans either have a cataract or have had cataract surgery. A cataract can occur in either or both eyes. It cannot spread from one eye to the other. Although most cataracts are related to aging‚ there are other types of cataract: 1. Secondary cataract- Cataracts can form after surgery for other eye problems‚ such as glaucoma
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Widen Your Eyes To the Truth: Asian Blepharoplasty Is Acceptable! The eyes are undoubtedly the most noticeable feature on a person’s face. Generally when two people meet or come into contact with each other‚ it is considered polite to make eye contact as a means of acknowledgement. The eyes can also be an indicator of the attractiveness of an individual‚ since the standard of having “beautiful eyes” is defined as having large and round eyes‚ which just so happens to be a feature that most Caucasian
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