Power Of Accommodation Of The Eye

Power Of Accommodation Of The Eye

Question 1. Accommodation of eye.  (or) Accommodation reflex.
Answer:

Definition:

The ability of the eye to focus an object at varying distances is called accommodation.

Mechanism:

• Accommodation can be achieved by.
  1. Change in the length of the eyeball.
  2. Changing the curvature of the cornea.
  3. Moving the lens.
  4. Changing the curvature of the lens.

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Pathway:

• Visual impulses from retina pass through visual pathway to visual cortex of occipital lobe.
• From here, association fibers carry the impulses to frontal lobe to frontal eye field – area 8.
• Corticonuclear fibers from here pass in the anterior limb of the internal capsule to reach the III nerve nucleus.
• This supplies following muscles.

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Summary: Pathways for light reflex (direct and consensual)

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Question 2. Describe the refractory errors of the eye and how they are corrected.
Answer:

Refractory errors: Type