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Q: What is the object pulled on by ciliary muscles to bend the light?
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What is the shape of the lens controlled by?

the iris!!! iris is the coloured part of your eye,and its a muscle that controls your pupil(the black dot) to let how much light you're eye needs. The iris regulates the amount of light by controlling the size of the pupil.


How is the human eye able to see near and far objects clearly?

The human eye has the ability to absorb light that is emitted and reflected from the environment. Visible light rays from some source, such as the Sun or a lamp, are emitted and transmitted. Light is absorbed from any and every object that it touches. That object absorbs the light that the corresponding pigment is able to absorb, such as chlorophyll absorbing red light. That light is absorbed into the eye and is processed to the brain via the optical nerve to create an image. Of course, any eye disorder, such as myopia or astigmatism, hinders the ability for the light to be properly processed and to be seen clearly by the eye.


What two involuntary muscles make up the front part of the eye?

The two involuntary muscles that make up the front part of the eye are the iris and the ciliary body. The iris controls the size of the pupil, regulating the amount of light entering the eye. The ciliary body adjusts the shape of the lens, enabling the eye to focus on near or distant objects.


What does the ciliary muscle of the eye control?

The ciliary muscles are sphincter muscle that controls the thickness of the lens. Each eye has a ciliary muscle around the lens of the eye. When the muscle contracts the lens gets compressed, and therefore thicker, meaning that it refracts light more (and shortens the focal distance). When it relaxes the reverse is true. They are innervated by parasympathetic fibres originating in the occulomotor nucelus of the midbrain which travel (along with somatic fibres to the extrinsic muscles of the eye) along the occulomotor nerve (cranial nerve III). okkk


What are the six intrinsic eye muscles?

The intrinsic muscles of the eye are the dilator (radial), the sphincter pupillae (circular) constrictor muscle and the ciliary muscle. The iris contains the dilator pupillae and the constrictor pupillae with antagonist effects on the diameter of the pupil. The ciliary muscle is a smooth muscle that, when contracted relaxes the suspensory ligament of the lens. Contraction of this muscle is part of the accommodation reflex and under the control of parasympathetic fibers that travel with cranial nerve 3.


What is the part of the eye that adjusts to let light enter called?

lens, the concave disk held by the ciliary muscles, found behind the opening of the pupil, can't miss it!


Contraction of the ciliary muscle causes the lens to bend the light less?

false


What change in the eye does accommodation involve?

im sure its when the lens either gets thicker or thinner to focus on near or far things----------------------------------------------------------------Accommodation is when the shape of the lens in the eye changes to make sure that a clear image is still being reflected onto the retina when you're looking at far of near objects.When you look at a near object, a lot of light refraction is needed, so the ciliary muscles contract & the suspensory ligaments slacken so that the shape of the lens becomes fat & rounded.When you look as a far object, not a much light refraction is needed, so the ciliary muscles relax & the suspensory ligaments tighten, allowing the lens to become long & thin.In this way, you continue to see a clear image whether you're looking at something in the distance or something nearby & this is accommodation.


How the eyes can maintain its focus when the object is farther or closer to the eye?

For near objects, the ciliary muscles will contracts causing the zonular fibers to relax which causes the lens to become rounder which shortens the focal length allowing the objects to be seen up close. For distance objects: the ciliary muscles will relax causing the zonular fibers to tighten which causes the lens to be flatten which lengthen the focal length allowing the objects to be seen at a distance.


How do eyes foucus?

Eyes are able to focus when the Ciliary muscles attached to the lens adjust itself. They adjust itself so that the curvature of the lens varies according to where the light rays are coming from, so that it hits the retina properly to form a clear image.


What is the structure that alters the shape of the lens for accommodation?

It automatically adjusts its thickness to focus the light.


The suspensory ligament is what during distance vision?

During distant vision, the ciliary muscle is relaxed, the suspensory ligament is taut, the convexity of the lens is increased, and light refraction is decreased. During close vision, the ciliary muscle is contracted, the suspensory ligament is relaxed, lens convexity is increased, and light refraction is increased.