Eye & Ear

Thin, clear covering on the front of your eye

• Cochlea

• Cornea

• Retina

• Tapetum

The tough, white part of your eye; protects and connects the eye to muscles that control movement

• Sclera

• Lens

• Cornea

• Iris

Colored part of the eye that controls the size of the pupil

• Cornea

• Retina

• Optic Nerve

• Iris

Clear part of the eye behind the pupil that focuses light to the retina

• Iris

• Hammer

• Lens

• Optic Nerve

Dark center of the eye that allows light to pass through

• Lens

• Iris

• Sclera

• Pupil

Transfers light into nerve signals; very back of the eye and contains millions of cells that are sensitive to light (rods and cones)

• Retina

• Optic Nerve

• Sclera

• Cornea

Sends signals from the retina to the brain to interpret what you are seeing

• Cochlea

• Optic Nerve

• Tapetum

• Rods and Cones

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Cows and other animals have this, but humans do not; helps with night vision

• Sclera

• Rods and Cones

• Tapetum

• X-Ray Vision

3 small loops above the cochlea; helps with balance

• Eustachian Tube

• Auditory Nerve

• Eardrum

• Semicircular Canals

Connects the middle ear to the back of the nose; allows fluid to drain

• Semicircular Canals

• Eustachian Tube

• Cochlea

• Stirrup