The eye

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The cornea
Refracts (bends) light into the eye
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The iris
Controls how much light enters the pupil
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The lens
Refracts light, focusing it onto the retina
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The retina
Covered in receptor cells (cone and rod) which detect light
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Rod cells
sensitive to dim light and cannot detect colour
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Cone cells
sensitive to different colours but don't really work in dim light
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The optic nerve
carries light in the form of electrical impulses from the eye's receptors to the brain.
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Card 2

Front

Controls how much light enters the pupil

Back

The iris

Card 3

Front

Refracts light, focusing it onto the retina

Back

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Card 4

Front

Covered in receptor cells (cone and rod) which detect light

Back

Preview of the back of card 4

Card 5

Front

sensitive to dim light and cannot detect colour

Back

Preview of the back of card 5
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