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Seeing with two eyes focusing on an object at the same time.
Binocular vision
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Forming a clear image on the retina.
Focus
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Seeing with each eye independantly, with eyes on the sides of the head.
Monocular vision
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Change in the shape of the lens of the eye to focus on near or distant objects.
Accommodation
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An inherited condition in which people can't tell the difference between red and green.
Red-green colour blindness
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Being able to see distant objects clearly, but not near objects; the eyeball is too short.
Long sight
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Being able to see near objects clearly, but not distant objects; the eyeball is too long.
Short sight
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A change in the environment, such as a temperature change, that you can respond to.
Stimulus
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The brain and spinal chord.
Central nervous system
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Nerves carrying information from sense organs in your body to the central nervous system, and from there to effectors.
Peripheral nervous system
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A cell or sense organ that detects stimuli.
Receptor
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A cell that carries electrical impulses, sometimes called a nerve cell.
Neurone
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A fast automatic response of the body to a potentially dangerous stimulus, coordinated by the spinal chord.
Reflex action
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An action of the body brought about by a stimulus.
Response
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A small gap between one neurone and another, or between a neurone and muscle cell.
Synapse
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An organ, such as a gland or muscle, that responds to a stimulus.
Effector
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Card 2

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Forming a clear image on the retina.

Back

Focus

Card 3

Front

Seeing with each eye independantly, with eyes on the sides of the head.

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

Change in the shape of the lens of the eye to focus on near or distant objects.

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

An inherited condition in which people can't tell the difference between red and green.

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
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