Digital Eye Strain Syndrome
Due to COVID-19 pandemics, we are entering some tough times when, like it or not, many of us will have to spend a lot of
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Accessory parts of the Eye
Accessory (adnexal) parts of the eye are anatomical structures that surround and protect the eyeball and support the function of the eye. Those structures include
Cortical Blindness
Cortical blindness is the loss of vision in a healthy eye that arises from damage to the occipital cortex of the brain. Most often it
How does our eye develop as we grow?
There are two entities that define the refractive properties of the human eye. (a) The axial length – the length of the eyeball and (b)
Amblyopia treatment: Development through the ages
The word amblyopia derives from the Greek words ‘ambly’ which means dull and ‘ops’ that means vision, hence ‘amblyopia’, or in translation the ‘dullness of
Following the Light – Part VIII: The Brain and Vision
Having previously discussed how the electrical impulses triggered by the photoreceptors in the retina reach the area of the brain that is devoted to visual
Following the Light – Part VII: From retina to the brain
As you have probably already read in our last two blogs (Part V and Part VI), from now on we are not following the light
Following the Light – Part VI: The Retina, continued
We have mentioned in the previous blog [link part 5 the retina and the vitreous] that the retina is one very complicated structure indeed. To
Following the Light – Part V: The retina (and the vitreous)
When I said in the previous blog that we had mostly covered optical parts of the eye by then, I had used the word mostly.
Following the Light – Part IV: Refraction and the Eye Globe
In our current blog series, we have so far covered the parts of our eyes that comprise the so-called optical part of the eye. You