Accommodation is the process by which the vertebrate eye changes optical power to maintain a clear image or focus on an object as its distance varies....
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to 10 dioptres and accommodation continues to decline with age. The lens is located towards the front part of the vertebrate eye, called the anterior...
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labelled Accommodation (vertebrate eye) (focusing) Adaptation (eye) (night vision) Capsule of lens Emission theory (vision) Eye color Eye development Eye disease...
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The amplitude of accommodation is the maximum potential increase in optical power that an eye can achieve in adjusting its focus. It refers to a certain...
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Pupil (redirect from Pupil (eye))
doi:10.1167/9.3.27. PMID 19757966. Walls, G.L. (1967) [1942]. The vertebrate eye and its adaptive radiation. Cranbrook Institute of Science Bulletin...
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Scleral Ring (redirect from Eye bone)
groups of vertebrates. Some species of mammals, amphibians, and crocodilians lack scleral rings. The ring is in the fibrous outer layer of the eye, called...
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Depth perception (section Accommodation)
dimensions. Depth perception happens primarily due to stereopsis and accommodation of the eye. Depth sensation is the corresponding term for non-human animals...
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Chameleon vision (category Vertebrate anatomy)
chameleon eye allow for accurate focusing by corneal accommodation. Using corneal accommodation for depth perception makes the chameleon the only vertebrate to...
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Iris (anatomy) (redirect from Iris of the eye)
The iris (pl.: irides or irises) is a thin, annular structure in the eye in most mammals and birds, responsible for controlling the diameter and size...
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the other eye is open, the pupil of the first eye is small; when the other eye is closed, the pupil of the first eye is large. Accommodation and vergence...
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Lamprey (category Parasitic vertebrates)
lampreys are well developed. Accommodation is done by flattening the cornea, which pushes the lens towards the retina. The eye of family Mordaciidae possess...
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vision in the visual cortex. Primates and many other vertebrates use three types of voluntary eye movement to track objects of interest: smooth pursuit...
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Bird vision (redirect from Bird eye)
superior to that of other vertebrate groups; a pigeon has been described as "two eyes with wings". Birds are theropods, and the avian eye resembles that of other...
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Vision in fish (redirect from Accommodation in fish)
oxygenated blood to ensure optimal performance. Accommodation is the process by which the vertebrate eye adjusts focus on an object as it moves closer or...
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Bates method (section Accommodation)
misleadingly". Accommodation is the process by which the vertebrate eye adjusts optical power to maintain focus on the retina while the eye's gaze shifts...
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Cornea (category Human eye anatomy)
LASIK. While the cornea contributes most of the eye's focusing power, its focus is fixed. Accommodation (the refocusing of light to better view near objects)...
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Learning. Link (1998). "Evolution of colour vision in vertebrates". Eye. 12 (3): 541–547. doi:10.1038/eye.1998.143. PMID 9775215. "Circadian Rhythm and Human...
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Capsule of lens (category Human eye anatomy)
The lens capsule is a component of the globe of the eye. It is a clear elastic basement membrane similar in composition to other basement membranes in...
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Myopia (category Disorders of ocular muscles, binocular movement, accommodation and refraction)
illumination and vision range, or the eye is modified with artificial lenses or deprived of clear form vision. In lower vertebrates, this kind of myopia seems to...
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Visual system (section Eye)
Nuclei of the optic tract are involved in smooth pursuit eye movement and the accommodation reflex, as well as REM. The suprachiasmatic nucleus is the...
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Pretectal area (section Accommodation reflex)
pretectum, particularly the NOT and NPP, are implicated in the accommodation reflex by which the eye maintains focus. Proprioceptive information from the retina...
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control eye movement in general. Cortical control of eye movement (saccades, smooth pursuit, accommodation) involves conjugate gaze, not unilateral eye movement...
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its function as a constrictor of the pupil. This structure is found in vertebrates and in some cephalopods.[citation needed] All the myocytes are of the...
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or commonly referred to as the bony fish, is a diverse superclass of vertebrate animals that have endoskeletons primarily composed of bone tissue. They...
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control eye movement in general. Cortical control of eye movement (saccades, smooth pursuit, accommodation) involves conjugate gaze, not unilateral eye movement...
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made significant contributions in his studies of refraction and accommodation of the eye. He also conducted research on color vision in the various retinal...
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of normal – or relatively well-preserved – vision. Every normal mammalian eye has a scotoma in its field of vision, usually termed its blind spot. This...
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for accommodation) and the iris sphincter muscle, which is responsible for miosis or constriction of the pupil (in response to light or accommodation)....
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cephalopod eye fundamentally differ from those of vertebrates such as humans. Superficial similarities between cephalopod and vertebrate eyes are thought...
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It typically affects both eyes, as it is not a problem specific to one eye. The affected area flickers but is not dark. It then gradually expands outward...
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