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Controls

This is a model of a right eye, drawn to real proportions.

Drag / ←→↑↓

Turn the eye around

Scroll / +−

Zoom in and out

Right-drag / Shift+arrows

Slide the view sideways

Click a part

Select it and read about it

Z

Fly in close to the selected part

E

Take the eye apart / put it back

C

Cut the eye in half

T

Start or stop the guided tour

N / P

Next / previous tour stop

L

Show or hide the name tags

R

Reset the view

H / ?

Open this help

Esc

Close panels, or stop the tour

Seeing the tiny detail

Select a part and press Look closer. When the camera gets close to the cornea, the lens, the macula, or the limbus, the model quietly swaps in microscopic detail: the layers inside them, and the rods and cones themselves.

A note on accuracy

Sizes, layer order and positions follow real anatomy. A few very thin layers are drawn thicker than life so you can actually see them, and those are marked where they appear. This is a teaching model, not a diagnosis.

Built by Central Ohio Vision and Eyecare in New Albany, OH. Curious about your own eyes? Call (614) 933-0575 or schedule an exam.