Scribd
Upload
38 views1 page

Farsightedness and Its Correction: As Mentioned Earlier in Lesson 6

The document discusses farsightedness, or hyperopia, which is the inability of the eye to focus on nearby objects. Farsightedness occurs when the lens of the eye can no longer assume the high curvature required to view nearby objects. This is often due to weakening ciliary muscles and decreased flexibility of the lens during later stages of life. As a result, images of nearby objects are focused behind the retina, so only a blurry image is detected by the light-detecting nerve cells on the retinal surface.

Uploaded by

leon
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
38 views1 page

Farsightedness and Its Correction: As Mentioned Earlier in Lesson 6

The document discusses farsightedness, or hyperopia, which is the inability of the eye to focus on nearby objects. Farsightedness occurs when the lens of the eye can no longer assume the high curvature required to view nearby objects. This is often due to weakening ciliary muscles and decreased flexibility of the lens during later stages of life. As a result, images of nearby objects are focused behind the retina, so only a blurry image is detected by the light-detecting nerve cells on the retinal surface.

Uploaded by

leon
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 1

11/16/2020 Physics Tutorial: Refraction and the Ray Model of Light

Refraction and the Ray Model of Light - Lesson 6 - The Eye

Farsightedness and its Correction


The Anatomy of the Eye
Image Formation and Detection
The Wonder of Accommodation
Farsightedness and its Correction
Nearsightedness and its Correction

The human eye's ability to accommodate allows it to view focused images of both nearby and
distant objects. As mentioned earlier in Lesson 6, the lens of the
eye assumes a large curvature (short focal length) to bring nearby
objects into focus and a flatter shape (long focal length) to bring a
distant object into focus. Unfortunately, the eye's inability to a
provide a wide variance in focal length leads to a variety of vision
defects. Most often, the defect occurs at one end of the spectrum
- either the inability to assume a short focal length and focus on
nearby objects or the inability to assume a long focal length and
thus focus on distant objects.
Farsightedness or hyperopia is the inability of the eye to focus on nearby objects. The
farsighted eye has no difficulty viewing distant objects. But the ability to view nearby objects
requires a different lens shape - a shape that the farsighted eye is unable to assume.
Subsequently, the farsighted eye is unable to focus on nearby objects. The problem most
frequently arises during latter stages in life, as a result of the weakening of the ciliary muscles
and/or the decreased flexibility of the lens. These two potential causes leads to the result that the
lens of the eye can no longer assume the high curvature that is required to view nearby objects.
The lens' power to refract light has diminished and the images of nearby objects are focused at a
location behind the retina. On the retinal surface, where the light-detecting nerve cells are located,
the image is not focused. These nerve cells thus detect a blurry image of nearby objects.

https://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/refrn/Lesson-6/Farsightedness-and-its-Correction 1/1

You might also like