Describe how accommodation in the the human eye is brought about
when focusing on a near object
Answer:
- Light rays from near objects need to be bent more for the object to
focused on the fovea. Divergent rays need more bending. A lens with more
curvature on its surface bends light the most i.e thick and bulging lens, for
this to happen the following event occurs: Ciliary muscles contract
this causes a decrease in the diameter of the ring of ciliary muscles.
Suspensory ligament attached to ciliary muscles become loose or slacken
-This decreases the pull of suspensory ligaments on the lens and this results in
the bulging outwards and becomes thicker. Light rays are therefore refracted more in order to be focused sharply to form image on the retina