the cornea is located in the front part of the eye.
where is the cornea located in the eye?
front part of the eye
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the cornea is the transparent front part of the eye that covers the iris, pupil, and anterior chamber. the cornea, with the anterior chamber and lens, refracts light, with the cornea accounting for approximately two-thirds of the eye's total optical power. in humans, the refractive power of the cornea is approximately 43 dioptres. the cornea can be reshaped by surgical procedures such as lasik.
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the optical component is concerned with producing a reduced inverted image on the retina. the eye's optical system consists of not only two but four surfaces—two on the cornea, two on the lens. rays are refracted toward the midline. distant rays, due to their parallel nature, converge to a point on the retina. the cornea admits light at the greatest angle. the aqueous and vitreous humors both have a refractive index of 1.336-1.339, whereas the cornea has a refractive index of 1.376. because the change in refractive index between cornea and aqueous humor is relatively small compared to the change at the air–cornea interface, it has a negligible refractive effect, typically -6 dioptres. the cornea is considered to be a positive meniscus lens. in some animals, such as species of birds, chameleons and a species of fish, the cornea can also focus.
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