Add to collection
  • + Create new collection
    • Eye's crystalline lens changes shape to accommodate near or far.
    Rights: The University of Waikato Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato Published 14 March 2012, Updated 10 March 2016 Size: 430 KB Referencing Hub media

    The crystalline lens changes shape to accommodate near or far targets. The ability of the eye to change the shape of its lens and its focus is known as accommodation.

      Appears in

      ARTICLE

      How the eye focuses light

      The human eye is a sense organ adapted to allow vision by reacting to light. The cornea and the crystalline lens are both important for the eye to focus light. The eye focuses light in a similar ...

      READ MORE
      MORE
      Add to favourites
      Add to collection
    1. + Create new collection
        2. Go to full glossary
        Download all
        Email Us

        See our newsletters here.