Eye anatomy

Also known as: eyes, eyeball, vision

The eyeball and its parts: cornea, lens, iris, retina and the tissues that protect and move it.

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3D model of the Eye in the Anatomy Nexus anatomy atlas — Interactive 3D model: Eye. Orbit, zoom and click the structures.Load the 3D model

Overview page. A full anatomy article for the eye has not been written yet; below are the modelled structures, the system it belongs to and every clinical topic that mentions it.

Structures in the atlas 34

The modelled pieces that make up the eye in the 3D atlas. Each opens in the explorer.

The sensory organs in brief

The eye focuses light through the cornea and lens onto the retina, whose signals travel along the optic nerve to the brain. The model separates the cornea, sclera, choroid, iris, lens, vitreous body and retina, plus the lacrimal apparatus that produces and drains tears and the tarsal plates of the eyelids. The external ear collects sound towards the tympanic membrane; the middle and inner ear are not modelled in this release.

All structures of the sensory organs