How to Find Facts on the Human Eye

The human eye is extremely complex, with numerous parts used every second you are viewing an object. Finding different facts about eyes may be necessary if you are taking any sort of anatomy class or if you always wanted to know how the human eye works. Reading about the eye also can be useful if you are experiencing blurry or irregular vision, or feeling pressure or discomfort in and around one (or both) of your eyes.

Instructions

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  Find facts about the human eye on the Pasadena Eye website. This site contains a brief explanation on how the human eye works, including pictures that are utilized to compare an eye to a camera. Scroll down the page to find a glossary of eye terms, as well as brief descriptions for those terms.

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  Read about the human eye on the Davidson Web Physics website. The Davidson website deals more with problems that occur in human eyes, such as nearsightedness and farsightedness. There also is an interactive animation at the top of the page. You also can compare how individuals with these problems view objects, as well as how eyeglasses improve a person's vision.

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  Learn about the human eye on the RCN "Human Eye" Web page. The RCN page is a combination of information found on both the Pasadena Eye and Davidson Web pages. Scattered throughout the page are brief descriptions of parts of the human eye, as well as vision problems that can occur. There also are numerous pictures that pinpoint different parts of the human eye.

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  Go to the "Eye Health Center" page on the Web MD website. The top of this page contains a brief description of the human eye, including a picture that shows different parts of the eye. Scroll down the page to read about different eye conditions. Click the name of a certain eye condition to read even more about it.