What's in an eyeball?


Scientists help one another get properly dressed for the procedure.
Surgical gloves are a must!	We're getting ready by gathering our supplies.
These are NOT easy to get on!
Gloves, goggles and tweezers help us dig out the parts safely. There's the retina and the tapetum!



You're looking at the front of the eyeball before we opened it. The cornea is cloudy, and the dark area is the iris and pupil. The eyeball is cushioned by the layer of fat that surrounds it. In the back, we saw the optic nerve.
In a puddle of vitreous humour, you see the lens. It has a shape similar to a marble, but not quite as round.

What's in an eyeball? Second graders investigate!