How well do you know your eyes? Let’s take a look at how the human eye works.
Light reflects off of objects and enters the eyeball through a transparent layer of tissue at the front of the eye called the cornea. The cornea accepts widely divergent light rays and bends them through the pupil—the dark opening in the center of the colored portion of the eye.
The pupil appears to expand or contract automatically based on the intensity of the light entering the eye. In truth, this action is controlled by the iris—a ring of muscles within the colored portion of the eye that adjusts the pupil opening based on the intensity of light. (So when a pupil appears to expand or contract, it is actually the iris doing its job.)
The adjusted light passes through the lens of the eye. Located behind the pupil, the lens automatically adjusts the path of the light and brings it into sharp focus onto the receiving area at the back of the eye—the retina.
An amazing membrane full of photoreceptors (a.k.a. the “rods and cones”), the retina converts the light rays into electrical impulses. These then travel through the optic nerve at the back of the eye to the brain, where an image is finally perceived.
It’s easy to see that a slight alteration in any aspect of how the human eye works — the shape of the eyeball, the cornea’s health, lens shape and curvature, retina problems — can cause the eye to produce fuzzy or blurred vision. That is why many people need vision correction. Eyeglasses and contact lenses help the light focus images correctly on the retina and allow people to see clearly.
In effect, a lens is put in front of the eye to make up for any deficiencies in the complex vision process.
Our office is conveniently located on the corner of 23rd Avenue Northwest and Mill Woods Road East, next to Supreme Pizza. We are open Tuesday-Saturday (10AM-6PM) for your convenience and also available for emergency appointments in request.
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