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  2. Eyespot apparatus - Wikipedia

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    The eyespot apparatus (or stigma) is a photoreceptive organelle found in the flagellate or (motile) cells of green algae and other unicellular photosynthetic organisms such as euglenids. It allows the cells to sense light direction and intensity and respond to it, prompting the organism to either swim towards the light (positive phototaxis ...

  3. Eyespot (mimicry) - Wikipedia

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    An eyespot (sometimes ocellus) is an eye-like marking. They are found in butterflies, reptiles, cats, birds and fish. Eyespots could be explained in at least three different ways. They may be a form of mimicry in which a spot on the body of an animal resembles an eye of a different animal, to deceive potential predator or prey species.

  4. Eyespot - Wikipedia

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    Eyespot (mimicry), a color mark that looks somewhat like an eye; Eyespot, a sensory organ of invertebrates; see simple eye in invertebrates; Eyespot, a type of eye in some gastropods, a part of sensory organs of gastropods; Eyespot apparatus, a photoreceptive organelle found in the flagellate (motile) cells unicellular photosynthetic organisms

  5. List of optometric abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Visual acuity with eye chart at Near 15.7 inches (400 mm) and without (sc: Latin sine correctore) correctors (spectacles); Ncc is with (cc: Latin cum correctore) correctors. See Visual_acuity#Legal_definitions: VA OS Left visual acuity VA OD Right visual acuity VDU Visual display unit VF Visual field VPS Variable prism stereoscope WD

  6. Eye - Wikipedia

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    An eye is a sensory organ that allows an organism to perceive ... originally formed to prevent damage to the eyespot, ... An in-depth treatment of retinal function ...

  7. Chlamydomonas reinhardtii - Wikipedia

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    The eyespot is located near the cell equator. It is composed of a carotenoid -rich granule layer in the chloroplast which act like a light reflector. [ 6 ] The main function of the eyespot is the phototaxis , which consist of the movement (with the flagella ) related to a light stimulus. [ 7 ]

  8. Vision rehabilitation - Wikipedia

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    Vision rehabilitation (often called vision rehab) is a term for a medical rehabilitation to improve vision or low vision.In other words, it is the process of restoring functional ability and improving quality of life and independence in an individual who has lost visual function through illness or injury.

  9. Intravitreal injection - Wikipedia

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    Intravitreal injection is the method of administration of drugs into the eye by injection with a fine needle. The medication will be directly applied into the vitreous humor. [1] It is used to treat various eye diseases, such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD), diabetic retinopathy, and infections inside the eye such as endophthalmitis. [1]