Ana3D

eye

Sensory organs

3D model: eye
eye
3D models: Z-Anatomy - The libre 3D atlas of anatomy - CC-BY-SA 4.0 (https://github.com/Z-Anatomy/Models-of-human-anatomy), by Gauthier Kervyn and contributors; derived from BodyParts3D - The Database Center for Life Science - CC-BY-SA 2.1 Japan; Z-Anatomy states that models "Brainder" (A. Winkler, CC BY-SA 3.0) and "Cranial Nerves and Foramina" (University of Dundee, CAHID, CC BY 4.0) were used as reference/included and adapted. Converted to compressed glTF (curves as tubes, simplified, inner ear and kidney models left out) by the 3D Anatomy project; licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).

In 2 atlases

Key points

  • The eye is a light-detecting organ situated in the orbit, the bony socket at the front of the skull.
  • The eyeball has an outer protective coat, a middle vascular coat and an inner light-sensitive retina.
  • The cornea and lens focus light, while the iris regulates the opening through which light enters.
  • The ophthalmic artery supplies the eye, and the optic nerve carries visual signals towards the brain.
  • Accessory structures protect the eye, maintain its moist surface and move the eyeball.

Read the guide: Eye: anatomy, location and function

Definition

An organ that detects light.

Source: UBERON · Licence: CC-BY-3.0

Definition from the Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall CJ et al., Genome Biology 2012, 13:R5), https://obophenotype.github.io/uberon/, licensed under CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Sub-structures

Neighbouring structures

Identifiers

TA2
6734
UBERON
0000970