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Parent topics
- Animal [r]: A multicellular organism that feeds on other organisms, and is distinguished from plants, fungi, and unicellular organisms. [e]
- Light [r]: The part of the electromagnetic spectrum visible to a species' biological eye. [e]
- Nervous system [r]: The control unit of bodily functions in animals. [e]
- Ophthalmology [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Optics [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Photoreceptor [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Sensory system [r]: Add brief definition or description
Subtopics
- Glasses [r]: Devices worn in front of the eyes to protect them or to correct or enhance vision. [e]
- Lens [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Ocular scales [r]: Scales that form the margin of the eye in reptiles, with numbers of these scales present, and sometimes the shapes and sizes, are some of the characteristics used to differentiate species from one another. [e]
- Retina [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Rod cell [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Cone cell [r]: Add brief definition or description
Other related topics
- Ataxia [r]: Impairment of the ability to perform smoothly coordinated voluntary movements (National Library of Medicine). [e]
- Blindness [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Blindsight [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Blind spot [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Brain [r]: The core unit of a central nervous system. [e]
- Catarrh [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Color Blindness [r]: Abnormal condition characterized by the inability to clearly distinguish different colours of the spectrum. [e]
- Electromagnetic radiation [r]: a collection of electromagnetic waves, usually of different wavelengths. [e]
- Electromagnetic spectrum [r]: The range of electromagnetic waves covering all frequencies and wavelengths. [e]
- Medicine [r]: The study of health and disease of the human body. [e]
- Microscope [r]: An instrument that magnifies the image of small objects such that they become observable by humans. [e]
- Photon [r]: elementary particle with zero rest mass and unit spin associated with the electromagnetic field. [e]
- Phototaxis [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Pineal gland [r]: Endocrine gland, in humans near the centre of the brain, secretes melatonin. [e]
- Post-orbital constriction [r]: Narrowing of the skull behind the eyes and before the brain vault, associated with large chewing muscles. [e]
