(a) State the function of ciliary muscles in human eye.

      

(a) State the function of ciliary muscles in human eye.
(b) State two functional differences between the rods and cones in the human eye.

  

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John
(a) They contract and relax, to alter the size/ diameter of ciliary ring which ring which alters the shape of lens

(b) Rods
i) Perceives light of low intensity

ii) Not Sensitive to colour

iii) Have low visual acuity since they have retinal convergence

Cones

- Perceives light of high intensity

- Sensitive to colour

- Have high visual acuity since they lack retinal convergence.
johnmulu answered the question on May 24, 2017 at 06:01


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