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The human lens focuses light on the photoreceptor cells by?

Refraction. Due to the curved lens in the eye, and the difference of transparent medium from air, Snell's law applies. The shape of the lens re-directs light to focus on the retina. Muscles around the eye alter the shape to maintain focus.


Which term names the change in the pathway of light as it passes from air into the lens of a camera?

Refraction.


How do you draw concave lens?

The shape of a concave lens is such that the middle part is thinner than the edge. If one side of the lens is flat, then the other side will be shaped inward like a cave, kind of like this: [( You can also have a concave lens where both sides are shaped inward, like this: )( You can even have a concave lens where one side is shaped outward, and the other side is shaped inward, as long as the inward-shaped side is more dramatic than the outward-shaped side.


What do the lens do in the eye to help us see?

the lenses make objects look smaller than what they are so that people know what they look like.


Which lens can be used to read very small print explain?

Magnifying glasses are convex lens. The lens with a curved shape is named a convex lens; it has a bulky center and thin edges. A convex lens bends the light that goes through it toward a focal point. The light spreads out again past this focal point. When you use one, the lens bends the light rays so that they come together and focus on the lens within your eye. The light then spreads out as the rays continue past the focal point, and they hit the retina of the eye. The spreading of the light makes the image viewed appear much larger than it really is because it causes the image to take up more space on the retina. Moving the magnifying glass closer or farther away from the eye will change how much the light is spread on the retina. The closer the magnifying glass is to the eye, the bigger the image will appear.

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How does the ciliary muscle help to adjust the shape of the lens in the eye for focusing on objects at different distances?

The ciliary muscle in the eye contracts or relaxes to change the shape of the lens, allowing it to focus on objects at different distances.


What structure holds the lens and is involved in accomodation?

The ciliary body is the structure that holds the lens in place in the eye. It is involved in accommodation, which is the process of the lens changing shape to focus on near or far objects. The ciliary body contracts and relaxes to adjust the tension on the lens, allowing it to change shape for focusing.


What structre changes the the shape of the lens for far and near vision?

The ciliary muscle is responsible for changing the shape of the lens to enable the eye to focus on objects at different distances. When focusing on far objects, the ciliary muscle relaxes, causing the lens to flatten. When focusing on near objects, the ciliary muscle contracts, causing the lens to round up.


Does the shape of the lens change when you sqeeze it?

NO


What is the part of your eye that can change shape?

It is the lens


How the lens change it shape when foucsing on near objects?

The lens changes its shape by becoming more convex (thicker in the middle) when focusing on near objects. This shape change is controlled by ciliary muscles in the eye that pull on the lens to make it rounder, allowing for proper focusing on close-up objects.


How does ciliary muscle change the shape of the lens?

its a muscle


What is the ability to change the shape of the lens to bend light?

The ability to change the shape of the lens to bend light is called accommodation. This process allows the eye to focus on objects at different distances by adjusting the curvature of the lens.


What does the suspensory ligament do in the eye?

They change the shape of the lens focusing it


What helps the lens change shape or focus on an object?

The ciliary muscles surrounding the lens help it change shape to focus on objects at different distances. This process is known as accommodation, where the curvature of the lens is adjusted to bring objects into focus on the retina.


What muscle is responsible for eye accommodation of near and distal vision?

The ciliary muscle is responsible for eye accommodation for near and far vision. It accomplishes this task by changing the shape of the lens.


What is effect of contraction and relaxation of the ciliary muscle?

change in shape of lens.