{"id":1361,"date":"2013-06-06T12:00:37","date_gmt":"2013-06-06T12:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/?page_id=1361"},"modified":"2025-12-05T13:41:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T19:41:58","slug":"the-eye","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/the-eye\/","title":{"rendered":"The Eye"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Overview of the Human Eye!<\/h1>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper fourthree\" title=\"The Eye\" style=\"width:420px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_1JLxtJAT1OM\"><div id=\"lyte_1JLxtJAT1OM\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F1JLxtJAT1OM%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\">The Eye<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/1JLxtJAT1OM\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F1JLxtJAT1OM%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"The Eye\" width=\"420\" height=\"295\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:420px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><br \/>\n<div class=\"accordion\"><input id=\"transcript\" type=\"checkbox\" class=\"spoiler_button\" \/><label for=\"transcript\">Transcript<\/label>\n<div class=\"spoiler\" id=\"transcript-spoiler\">\n<p>I want to briefly today go over the wall of the human eye. <strong>The human eye has a wall that&#8217;s made up of three layers: An outer layer, a middle layer, and an inner layer.<\/strong> They each have a different name and a different function. We&#8217;re going to go over those briefly.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll begin with the outer layer of the eye wall called the sclera. <strong>The sclera is here in the outer wall of the eye, and it is for protection.<\/strong> The cornea, the front of the eye, is actually attached to the anterior portion of the sclera.<\/p>\n<p>Both top and bottom, I&#8217;ve only drawn in a representation of the top. The cornea&#8217;s job is to refract light that enters from the outside in order to put it through the lens and eventually put it onto the retina to allow vision. <strong>The outer part of this 3-tiered system of the wall of the eye is called the sclera.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s primarily for protection and anchors and holds the cornea. <strong>The middle layer of the eye wall is called the choroid.<\/strong> The choroid&#8217;s job is basically to keep the inside of the eye dark. You&#8217;re trying to receive light from the outside for vision.<\/p>\n<p>You can&#8217;t have light coming in from all sides. It&#8217;s got to come through a very narrow and small area. Basically, you&#8217;ve got a protective layer, a layer that creates darkness, and then you&#8217;ve got an inner layer. This inner layer is called the retina.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The retina, receiving the light coming in through the cornea, is responsible for communicating color to the optic nerve, therefore giving us vision.<\/strong> Within the retina, you&#8217;ve got both rods and cones. The rods&#8217; job is to take low-light, colorless environments and help us see.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The cones are for our color vision.<\/strong> I happen to be red\/green color deficient. My cones are messed up and I have a very difficult time distinguishing red from green. Christmas tends to be a very boring holiday for me with all these different shades of brown, essentially.<\/p>\n<p>I get asked all the time, &#8220;How do you see colors?&#8221; It&#8217;s hard to describe. I do see colors, but I&#8217;m deficient in being able to distinguish reds from greens. They are very similar to me. Anyway, this has just been a basic overview of the eye wall and its three divisions: The outer, middle, and inner, sclera, choroid, and retina.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview of the Human Eye!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-1361","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"page_category-ear-eye-skin-videos","6":"page_category-patient-care-videos","7":"page_type-video","8":"page_domain-science"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1361"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89854,"href":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1361\/revisions\/89854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}