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Misshapen pupils can be caused by several things such as iridocyclitis or iritis. The medical term for misshapen pupils is synechia.

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What does it mean if a person has square pupils?

If a person has square pupils, it may indicate a congenital eye condition known as corectopia, where the pupils are misshapen and not circular. This condition can affect vision and may be associated with other eye abnormalities. It is important for individuals with corectopia to have regular eye examinations to monitor their eye health.


What is a sentence with dilate?

The drops the ophthalmologist put in my eyes made my pupils dilate.


What causes the pupils to dilate in someone who is excited or frightened?

When someone is excited or frightened, the sympathetic nervous system is activated, causing the release of adrenaline. Adrenaline causes the pupils to dilate by stimulating the dilator muscles around the iris, allowing more light to enter the eye and improving visual acuity to help the individual react quickly to the situation.


Why is vision sharpest when the pupils of the eye are very small?

When the pupils of the eye are very small, more light enters the eye and hits the retina, leading to increased sharpness of vision. This is because a smaller pupil reduces the amount of scattered light that can degrade the image.


Are pupils supposed to be big or small?

They vary in size depending on the amount of light that the eye is receiving. In bright sunny conditions, the pupil will be small as there is plenty of light impacting on the retina(back of the eye)/. In night time (dark) conditions, the pupil will be large, in order to receive as much light as possible.

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What does it mean if a person has square pupils?

If a person has square pupils, it may indicate a congenital eye condition known as corectopia, where the pupils are misshapen and not circular. This condition can affect vision and may be associated with other eye abnormalities. It is important for individuals with corectopia to have regular eye examinations to monitor their eye health.


Do Thymol causes dilated pupils?

Yes, thymol can result in dilated and fixed pupils which could then be damaging to the eye if you go to the area of increased sun exposure. This mostly occurs in overdose of thymol.


What eye condition is caused by a misshapen corne?

An irregular cornea causes an astigmatism in the eyes. This is blurred vision due to the inability to focus on a point object.


What are eye pupils for?

for you to seee


Does Ambien dialate the pupils of the eye?

No, normally not. With me, my pupils stay the same.


What is common in school and eye?

Pupils


Is night blindness caused by pupils not dilating sufficiently?

possible - most likely vitamin deficiency and/or abnormal rod cell count in eyes or possibly another eye disorder - infection or cataract. Check with an eye doctor or research online night blindness and causes. Night blindness due to constricted pupils is not total. Persons using pilocarpine eye drops have small pupils. Now it is rarely used. In darkness, you need more light , and the pupils dilate naturally. In contrast, pupils become small in bright sun light to cut down light.


Shining a flashlight into your eye would cause your pupils to become?

Your pupils would dilate


Where to find pupils and irises on your body?

its in your eye


What to see?

your eye pupils help you see


My eye doctor said my optic nerves are huge in both of my eyes is that why my pupils are so big all the time?

Optic nerves can make eye pupils be big all the time. If the eye doctor told you this then it is correct.


What is a sentence with dilate?

The drops the ophthalmologist put in my eyes made my pupils dilate.