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Name the Common Defects of the Eye. - Biology

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प्रश्न

 Name the common defects of the eye.

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Common defects of the eye:
(i) Near or short-sightedness (Myopia)
(ii) Far or long-sightedness (Hypermetropia)
(iii) Astigmatism.
(iv) Presbyopia.
(v) Night blindness.
(vi) Colour blindness.
(vii) Squint.
(viii) Cataract.

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अध्याय 8: The Nervous System and Sense Organs - Short Questions

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आईसीएसई Biology [English] Class 10
अध्याय 8 The Nervous System and Sense Organs
Short Questions | Q 14

संबंधित प्रश्न

The far point of a myopic person is 80 cm in front of the eye. What is the nature and power of the lens required to correct the problem?


Name the defect of vision which makes the eye-lens cloudy resulting in blurred vision.


Your friend can read a book perfectly well but cannot read the writing on blackboard unless she sits on the front row in class. 

 What type of lenses-converging or diverging-would an optician prescribe for her?


Name the defect of vision which can be corrected by a diverging lens. Show clearly by a ray diagram how the lens corrects the defect.


Explain with the help of labelled ray diagram, the defect of vision called myopia and how it is corrected by a lens.


The near-point of a person suffering from hypermetropia is at 50 cm from his eye. What is the nature and power of the lens needed to correct this defect? (Assume that the near-point of the normal eye is 25 cm).


What is short-sightedness? State the two causes of short-sightedness (or myopia). With the help of ray diagrams, show:
(i) the eye-defect short-sightedness.
(ii) correction of short-sightedness by using a lens.


 A person having short-sight cannot see objects clearly beyond a distance of 1.5 m. What would be the nature and power of the corrective lens to restore proper vision?


The defect of vision which cannot be corrected by using spectacles is:
(a) myopia
(b) presbyopia
(c) cataract
(d) hypermetropia


The picture given here shows a person wearing 'half-moon' spectacles. What sort of eye-defect do do you think he has? Why are these particular spectacles useful to him?


Differentiate between members of the following pair with reference to what is asked in bracket.

Myopia and hyperopia (cause of the defect)


State one role of ciliary muscles in the human eye.


Why does one feel blinded for a short while on coming out of a dark room?

Given alongside is a diagram depicting a defect of the human eye. Study the same and then answer the questions that follow: 
(i) Identify the defect. 
(ii) Name the parts labelled 1, 2 and 3. 
(iii) Give labelled two possible reasons for this eye defect. 
(iv) Draw a labelled diagram to show how the above mentioned defect is rectified. 


Given below is a diagram depicting a defect of the human eye? Study the same and answer the question that follow:

Name the parts labeled 1 to 4.


Rewrite the following table so as to match second and third column with first column.

 

Column I
Column II
Column III
(i) Myopia
Old age problem
Bifocal lens
(ii) Presbyopia
Nearsightedness
Concave lens.

The near point of the eye of a person is 50 cm. Find the nature and power of the corrective lens required by the person to enable him to see clearly the objects placed at 25 cm from the eye?


The diagram given below represents the cross-section of the human eye:

(i) Name the parts labeled 1—12.
(ii) What is the function of the part marked ‘10’?
(iii) What would happen if part ‘5’ is damaged or cut?


Study the following diagram carefully and then answer the questions that follow. The diagram is depicting a defect of the human eye :

(i) Identify the defect shown in the diagram.
(ii) Give two possible reasons for the above defect.


Due to elongation of _______ and increase in curvature of the eye lens, a person cannot see distant objects clearly.


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