SENSE ORGANS Functions of parts of the eye
Cornea
Learning skills • It refracts light reaching the eye
• Describe sense organs
• Identify in diagrams and images Iris
the structures of the eye, limited • It is a pigmented disc which
to cornea, iris, pupil, lens, regulates the amount of light
retina, optic nerve, and blind entering the eye/pupil
spot
• Describe the function of each Lens
part of the eye • It is a transparent disc which
focuses light onto the retina
Sense organs are groups of receptor
cells that respond to specific stimuli Retina
such as light, sound, touch, • It generates nerve/electrical
temperature, and chemicals impulses
• It contains 2 types of light
Sense organ Stimulus receptor cells i.e. rods for dim
Eye Light light (night vision) and cones for
Nose Chemicals in air bright light (daylight vision)
Tongue Chemicals in food
Ear Sound Optic nerve
Skin Pressure and • It transmits impulses to the
temperature brain
Structure of the eye Pupil
The wall of the eyeball is composed of • It regulates the amount of light
3 layers (light intensity) reaching the
• Outer sclerotic layer retina
• Middle choroid
• Inner retina Fovea
• A central part of the retina
where cone cells are most
concentrated to detect coloured
light.
Blind spot
• Part of the retina lying directly in
front of the optic nerve. It
contains no light-sensitive cells
