Eye Parts

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What does the Lens do?
Changes shape to focus light from distances further away
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What does the Pupil do?
Controls the light intensity of light entering the eye
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What does the retina do?
Where the light is focused on-sends signals to the brain to be interpreted
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What does the Iris do?
Coloured part of the eye-made of muscles that control size of the pupil
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What does the Cornea do?
Transparent "window", which does most of eyes focusing
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What do the Ciliary mucles do?
Contracts, to make the lens a more spherical shape, when they relax, they pull the lens into a thinner,flatter shape
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What do the Suspensory ligaments do?
Keeps the lens in place
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What does the Pupil do?

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Controls the light intensity of light entering the eye

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What does the retina do?

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Card 4

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What does the Iris do?

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Card 5

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What does the Cornea do?

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