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consisting of 1 million nerve fibers transmits information from your eye
to the brain. The stimulation of light from the screen causes a chemical
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chain reaction in the retina’s light receptors. As a result, the signals from
the retina stimulate the optic nerves, which in turn stimulate the brain.
Signals sent from the brain travel at a speed of 100 meters (328 feet)
per second and stimulate the muscles controlling the toes, ankles, legs,
shoulders, arms, wrists and fingers. With the perception of an image, re-
actions such as heading towards one’s chair or pressing the remote con-
trol soon follow.
The human eye perceives various colors, ranging from red to

Superior rectus muscle
Vitreous body
Central retinal
blood vessels Suspensory ligament
Colored iris
Optic nerve
Crystalline
lens
Pupil
Lateral rectus Cornea
muscle

Retina
Inferior rectus
muscle Minor arterial
circle of the
Choroid iris

Close-up of the retina
Ciliary muscle
Pigmented
area
Bipolar
Choroid You blink every two to ten seconds. Your
neurons
eyes move backwards and forwards
Multipolar many times a second as you focus on
neurons each of these words, and your retinas
LIGHT perform tens of millions of computer-like
calculations. These all function so flaw-
Vitreous
body lessly that you generally never wonder
Photoreceptor how it is that you actually see.
cells (rods & Optic nerve
cones) Synapses