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What Is the Function of the Crystalline Lens of the Human Eye?

BY Team Aakash Byjus

The human eye is almost a spherical ball structured membrane with a slight bulge in the front.

The human eye is almost a spherical ball structured membrane with a slight bulge in the front.

The main role in the human eye is played by the crystalline lens, which is responsible for the image formation at various positions on the retina.

The main function of the crystalline lens of the human eye is as follows.  - It is a double convex lens with more bulging on the posterior part.

It's made of transparent and flexible tissues.

It is held in position by a ring of muscles known as ciliary muscles, which help the eye lens alter the focal length of the eye lens to focus a clear image of an object in different places.

Changing the focal length of an eye lens is called the accommodation of the lens.

 The eye lens always forms a real and inverted image on the retina.

This lens divides the eye into two chambers. The smaller of these two is present between the cornea and the lens, filled with a liquid called aqueous humor.

The bigger portion is filled with fluid called the vitreous humor.

This fluid helps balance the structure of the eyeball.