what are the parts of an eye?
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Anterior Chamber
The anterior chamber rests behind your cornea but in front of your lens and iris.
Aqueous Humor
Aqueous HumorThis thick fluid rests in the anterior chamber and provides nutrients to these two parts of your eyes.
Choroid
This small, vascular layer sits between your eye’s sclera and retina.
Ciliary Body
The ciliary body sits between your choroid and iris, and it produces the aqueous humor and holds the lens in place.
Conjunctiva
This clear membrane covers the white portion of your eye, or the sclera.
Cornea
Your cornea is a clear covering that rests over your pupil, iris, and anterior chamber.
Fovea
The fovea is a small depression in your retina that contains cones to aid in proper eyesight.
Iris
The iris is the colored portion of your eye.
Lens
This part of your eye is a transparent structure inside your eye.
Macula
This part of your eye is close to the center of your retina.
Optic Nerve
This nerve carries electrical impulses from the rods and cones in the retina to the visual cortex in your brain.
Pupil
Your pupil is the black circle in the center of your iris.
Retina
Your retina is a sensory membrane that covers the entire back surface of your eye.
Sclera
The sclera is more commonly known as the whites of your eyes.
Trabecular Meshwork
This component is located at the base of your cornea.
Vitreous Humor
This transparent, gelatinous material sits between your lens and retina.
Sclera. The sclera is the white of the eye. ...
The Cornea. The cornea is the clear bulging surface in front of the eye. ...
Anterior & Posterior Chambers. The anterior chamber is between the cornea and the iris. ...
Iris/Pupil. ...
Lens. ...
Vitreous Humor. ...
Retina.
Macula
The Fovea
Ophthalmoscope
