Accommodation

• What is accommodation?

  Ability to look at near and distant objects is an example of a reflex

  Its an automatic reaction, not controlled by the conscious brain

  Eye focuses light on the retina by changing the shape of the lens
• Looking at near objects

  To focus on near objects:

  1. Cillary muscles contracts
  2. Suspensory ligaments loosen
  3. the lens is then thicker and refracts light rays strongly
• Looking at distant objects

  To focus on distant objects:

  1. Cillary muscles relax
  2. Suspensory ligaments are pulled tight
  3. the lens is then pulled thin and only slightly refracts light rays