Eye Health

The eyelids perform the functions of protection and support to the eye, which includes tear film production and spread. The thinnest skin of our body is located on the lids. Beneath this skin are thin orbicularis…

Eyelashes serve the purpose of protecting the eye from irritation from the surrounding world. It is pretty amazing how well they perform when you consider how many fine particles and debris tend to float through the…

Introduction to Sclera The white part of the eye – that makes up the majority of the external visible part of the eye – is called the sclera. The first part of the word “scler-” means…

Iris Defined The iris is the part of the eye that gives it color, such as in blue, green, hazel, or brown eyes. It is composed of pigment, connective tissue, and muscles (which control the size…

Pupil Defined The “pupil” of the eye is the hole created by the iris (the color part of the eye) through which light is allowed to travel from the front of the eye to the back…

Cornea Defined The clear dome over the iris (the color part of the eye) is called the cornea.  Another structure of the eye that the cornea is actually consistent with, the sclera, is also made up…

Retina Defined The word “retina” means “net-like”. When light enters the eye, it passes through the tears, cornea (the clear dome over the iris – the color part of the eye), the pupil (the black dot…

Fovea Defined The word “fovea” means “depression” or “pit”. There is also a tiny point (about the size of tip of a pin) on our retina in the back of our eye (directly behind the pupil)…

Our body has five main senses:  The eye is the vision sensory organ. What actually perceives this sensory information, however, is the brain. All of our sense organs report to the brain for processing, understanding, considering,…