answersLogoWhite

0


Best Answer

The cornea is meant to protect the eyeball so it's kind of tough

User Avatar

Wiki User

11y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: Why is slicing through the cornea diffcult during a dissection?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

What is Aspherical distortion of light through the cornea is called?

The aspherical distortion of light through the cornea is called an astigmatism. It is caused by having an uneven cornea.


What must the light entering the eye first pass through?

The light first passes through the Cornea, a transparent layer which begins to focus the light onto the rear of the eye.


Does light enter the eye through the cornea?

It first goes through the cornea, then through the pupil and into the retina.


The opening through which light enters the eye?

The pupil allows light to enter the eye.


Is Eye's lens different from the cornea?

yes they are cornea is red and eye lenses are what u look through trust me i went to collage for it


Where does light go after it enter through the cornea?

pupil then lense


When a light ray strikes the eye what part of the eye does it first pass through?

The cornea is the clear part of the outer tunic of the eye through which light passes.


What bends light rays before they travel through the pupil?

The cornea


Where does cornea get oxygen from?

The cornea gets some oxygen through the water in the eye known as the aqueous humor, all other oxygen is from the environment. That's why it's a big deal that contacts allow oxygen through them to the eye.


What does the cornea do and what is it for?

what is the cornea and what does it do


What is the tough clear covering over the iris and the pupil that helps protect the eye?

The pupil is simply a hole, that allows light to pass through. It is not exactly covered, but the cornea is in front of it in such a way that it appears to be covered by the cornea, which is covered by the conjunctiva.


How does light first enter the eyes?

The steps of light being received by the eye are: generation of light passage of light to the eye through the tear film through the cornea through the aqueous humor through the lens through the vitreous humor through the layers of the retina to the photoreceptors of the retina