Eye

Organ responsible for vision.

eyeball ocular organ

The eye is a complex sensory organ responsible for vision, allowing organisms to detect light and interpret visual information from the environment.

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The word 'eye' comes from Old English ēage, meaning 'face, countenance'.

Your eyes are like cameras that help you see the world around you, using light to create pictures in your brain.

Honeybees can see ultraviolet light
Some animals, like owls, have eyes that face forward for better depth perception
The human eye can distinguish about 10 million different colors

sensory organ

compound eye simple eye

pupil iris retina cornea

head face

anatomical structure biological structure sensory organ