Tag: human brain and sense organs

The ciliary body is the structure in the eye that releases a transparent liquid (called the aqueous humour) within the eye. The ciliary body also contains the ciliary muscle, which changes the shape of the lens when your eyes focus on something. This process is called accommodation.

The photosensitive compound present in vision is called rhodopsin, also known as visual purple which consists of a large protein called opsin and retinal. Opsins are a group of light-sensitive proteins found in photoreceptor cells of the retina. Five classical groups of opsins are involved in vision, mediating the conversion of a photon of light into an electrochemical signal, the first step in the visual transduction cascade. Retinal allows certain microorganisms to convert light into metabolic energy. So, the correct answer is option A.

When eye is donated or transplanted only cornea part of the eye is transplanted to the needy person.

Neural adaptation or sensory adaptation is a change over time in the responsiveness of the sensory system to a constant stimulus. It is usually experienced as a change in the stimulus that is, the responsiveness to constant stimulus is decreased or stop

1. The first thing light encounters when it enters the eye is the cornea, a protective clear covering over the pupil and iris. The cornea bends the light and begins to form an image.
2. Light passes from the cornea to the pupil, the dark circle in the centre of the iris, which is the coloured portion of the eye. The pupil regulates the amount of light that will enter the inner eye based on environmental conditions: It dilates, growing bigger to receive more light under dim lighting conditions, and shrinks in response to bright light. This response is quicker in young individuals and tends to slow with increasing age.
3. From the pupil, light waves travel to the lens of the eye. The lens is a clear, flexible structure that focuses an upside-down image onto the retina. It is flexible so that it can focus on images that are close or far away. Eye injuries, normal variations in the eye and age can distort the lens, making it difficult to focus on nearby or faraway objects -- you see the objects, but details are hazy. Late in life, the lens can also become clouded and form cataracts that make images seem hazy and dim.
4. The lens focuses light and images on the retina, a layer of light-sensitive cells at the back of the eye. It is made up of two kinds of photoreceptor cells: cones and rods. The cones transmit colour and sharp images. The concentration of cones is low on the sides of the retina and increases as the cones approach the centre of the retina or the macula. The rods are more sensitive to light and are more numerous than cones; They let you see when lighting is dim, although what you see lacks colour and clear details.
5. Once the retina senses the image, it sends impulses to the optic nerve at the back of the eye. The optic nerve then transmits them to special areas in the brain, which automatically flips the upside-down image so that it becomes upright again. Disease or injury can damage the optic nerve, resulting in varying degrees of blindness.