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Small central area of the retina surrounding the fovea; area of acute central vision.
Part of the eye that converts images from the eye's optical system into electrical impulses that are sent along the optic nerve for transmission to the brain.Transparent front part of the eye, that covers the iris, pupil and anterior chamber and provides most of an eye's optical power.
Variable-sized black circular opening in the center of the iris that regulates the amount of light that enters the eye.

Pigmented tissue lying behind the cornea that gives color to the eye and controls amount of light entering the eye by varying the size of the pupillary opening.
The optic nerve carries images from the retina to the brain.Natural crystalline lens of the eye. Transparent, biconvex intraocular tissue that helps bring rays of light to focus on the retina.