Understand Your Eye - Part 2. The eye is a complicated machine with many parts. If we compare the body to a car, then the engine is the heart, the gas tank is the stomach, and the eye would represent all the windows and gauges. Imagine driving with all the windows fogged so that you are unable to see. Imagine that the gauges do not work and you do not know how fast you are going or how much gas is left in the tank. You would have to drive by feeling only. Without the eye you would be in the same predicament. The eye allows you not only to view objects, but to see depth, color, size, and detail. The eye works by refracting and focusing light onto the retina. When light strikes the retina, millions of rhodopsin-containing rods, which are responsible for night vision, convert the light into electrical impulses, which are sent to the brain. The brain then translates what it receives from the optic nerves so that we can understand what we see. The retina also contains millions of cones that contain iodopsin and are used for bright light vision and color perception. There are approximately 17 times more rods than cones—about 120 million rods and 7 million cones—in the retina of each eye. An Optometrist can perform a complete eye examination to check for any abnormality in your eyes structures and functions. Association Of Malaysian Optometrists (AMO) recommended that people age 40 years and below must get comprehensive eye examination in every 2 years while those age more than 40 years must get it every year. In Malaysia, Optometrist is a qualified professional registered with Malaysia Optical Council (MOC), an agency under the Ministry of Health Malaysia. A registered Optometrist is required by law to display their Green-colored Certificate awarded by MOC in his/her practice/premise. amoptom.org/ | webelieveamo/
Posted on: Sat, 25 Oct 2014 10:00:00 +0000
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