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The eye is part of the visual system and controls what we see every minute of every day. The eye can detect light and image. Some people who are born blind or develop blindness can sometimes see shapes or figures but never clearly.

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The focusing muscle of the human eye moves about 1000,000 times every day.

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A newborn baby will cry, but not produce any tears. Babies do not produce tears until they are around six weeks old.

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A newborn baby will cry, but not produce any tears. Babies do not produce tears until they are around six weeks old.

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it is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open

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People wear glasses for several reasons. People who have "fuzzy" vision when they look at distant objects are called nearsighted (myopic). In these people, the image is focused in front of the retina. The lens of glasses needed to correct vision in nearsighted people is concave.

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Human corneas are so similar to shark corneas that they have been used as a replacement in human eye surgery

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Your retinas cannot detect the colour red.

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Some people are born with two differently coloured eyes. This condition is heterochromia.

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Your eyes are about 1 inch across and weigh about 0.25 ounce.

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You blink about 12 times every minute.

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Newborn babies  don’t produce tears. They make crying sounds, but the tears don’t start flowing until they are about 4-13 weeks old.

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The average blink lasts for about 1/10th of a second.

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All babies are colour blind at birth.

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Eye colour is determined by the amount of melanin in your iris.

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hazel-brown mixed with green

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Your eyes start to develop two weeks after you are conceived.

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These are all the eye colours

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“Red eye” occurs in photos because light from the flash bounces off the back of the eye. The choroid is located behind the retina and is rich in blood vessels, which make it appear red on film.

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The entire length of all the eyelashes shed by a human in their life is over 98 feet with each eye lash having a life span of about 5 months.

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Eyes began to develop 550 million years ago. The simplest eyes were patches of photoreceptor protein in single-celled animals.

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Eyes began to develop 550 million years ago. The simplest eyes were patches of photoreceptor protein in single-celled animals.

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The cells in your eye come in different shapes. Rod-shaped cells allow you to see shapes, and cone-shaped cells allow you to see color.

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The cells in your eye come in different shapes. Rod-shaped cells allow you to see shapes, and cone-shaped cells allow you to see color.

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80% of what we learn is through our eyes

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People who are blind can see their dreams if they weren’t born blind.

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Each of your eyes has a small blind spot in the back of the retina where the optic nerve attaches. You don’t notice the hole in your vision because your eyes work together to fill in each other’s blind spot.

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Each of your eyes has a small blind spot in the back of the retina where the optic nerve attaches. You don’t notice the hole in your vision because your eyes work together to fill in each other’s blind spot.

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Eyes heal quickly. With proper care, it takes only about 48 hours to repair a minor corneal scratch.

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A fingerprint has 40 unique characteristics, but an iris has 256, a reason retina scans are increasingly being used for security purposes.

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IRIS - coloured part of the eye
CORNEA -
PUPIL - the little black dot that lets light in
RETINA
SCLERA
MACULA
FOVEA
OPTIC NERVE - sends all images to the brain
CHOROID
LENS - a protective layer that covers your eye ball
EYELID - protects your eye
VITREOUS HUMOUR

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Only 1/6 of the human eyeball is exposed.

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Your eyeballs stay the same size from birth to death, while your nose and ears continue to grow.

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To protect our eyes they are positioned in a hollowed eye socket, while eyebrows prevent sweat dripping into your eyes and eyelashes keep dirt out of your eyes

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This website is an informative and fun way to learn about the amazing eyes!