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Encyclopedia > Image:Schematic diagram of the human eye with English annotations.svg

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The optic nerve is the nerve that transmits visual information from the retina to the brain. ... The optic disc or optic nerve head is the point in the eye where the optic nerve fibres leave the retina; it is not sensitive to light and thus also known as the blind spot or anatomical blind spot. Inspection of the optic disc by ophthalmoscopy can give an indication... The sclera is the white outer coating of the eye. ... Schematic cross section of the human eye; choroid is shown in yellow. ... Human eye cross-sectional view. ... The posterior chamber is a narrow chink behind the peripheral part of the iris, and in front of the suspensory ligament of the lens and the ciliary processes. ... The human iris The iris is the green/grey/brown area. ... The human eye The pupil is the central transparent area (showing as black). ... The cornea is the transparent front part of the eye that covers the iris, pupil, and anterior chamber, providing most of an eyes optical power [1]. Together with the lens, the cornea refracts light and, as a result, helps the eye to focus. ... The anterior chamber if the fluid-filled space inside the eye between the iris and the corneas innermost surface, the endothelium . ... The aqueous humour is the clear, watery fluid that fills the complex space in the front of the eye which is bounded at the front by the cornea and at the rear by the front surface or face of the vitreous humour. ... Grays FIG. 872- The choroid and iris. ... Light from a single point of a distant object and light from a single point of a near object being brought to a focus by changing the curvature of the lens. ... Vitreous humour is the clear aqueous solution that fills the space between the lens and the retina of the vertebrate eyeball. ... The fovea, a part of the eye, is a spot located in the center of the macula. ...

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Based on a bitmap uploaded to the English Wikipedia as Image:Schematic diagram of the human eye.png by User:Delta G. Although it was created in Sodipodi, for some reason it was not uploaded as a vector image. (created with Sodipodi) Schematic diagram of the human eye Aqueous humour Anterior chamber Choroid Cornea Ciliary muscle Iris Lens Optic disc Fovea Optic nerve Posterior chamber Pupil Retina Sclera Suspensory ligament Vitreous humor Zonular fibers File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev... Sodipodi is an open source vector graphics editor released under the GNU GPL It is designed specifically around the SVG standard, using the file format (with some extensions to hold metadata) as its native storage format. ...

An internationalised vector image was then created by User:Silversmith and uploaded to Commons as Image:Schematic diagram of the human eye.svg (see right).

On request, this version with English annotations was created and uploaded here.

Later, the text labels were made into hyperlinks pointing at relevant articles in the English Wikipedia. These only work if you view the SVG file directly in your browser. The PNG preview cannot currently contain such links.

See also Image:Eye in cross-section.svg.

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  • (del) (cur) 13:44, 30 August 2006 . . Silversmith (Talk | contribs) . . 600×550 (14,682 bytes) (Labels are hyperlinks. Fixed image size problem.)
  • (del) (rev) 13:41, 30 August 2006 . . Silversmith (Talk | contribs) . . 256×256 (14,669 bytes) (The text labels are now hyperlinks linking to relevant articles in the English Wikipedia.)
  • (del) (rev) 04:11, 14 August 2006 . . Silversmith (Talk | contribs) . . 600×550 (15,989 bytes) ({{Created with Inkscape}} *optic nerve *optic disc *sclera *choroid *retina *zonular fibres *posterior chamber *[[:en:Iri)

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    See the setup instructions for more information. The optic nerve is the nerve that transmits visual information from the retina to the brain. ... The optic disc or optic nerve head is the point in the eye where the optic nerve fibres leave the retina; it is not sensitive to light and thus also known as the blind spot or anatomical blind spot. Inspection of the optic disc by ophthalmoscopy can give an indication... The sclera is the white outer coating of the eye. ... Schematic cross section of the human eye; choroid is shown in yellow. ... Human eye cross-sectional view. ... The posterior chamber is a narrow chink behind the peripheral part of the iris, and in front of the suspensory ligament of the lens and the ciliary processes. ...

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