Visual Anomalies Ametropias An eye with excessive focal power for its length focuses light in front of the retina... ...this refractive error is known as "myopia
Ametropias An eye with excessive focal power for its length focuses light in front of the retina... ...this refractive error is known as “myopia
Visual Anomalies Ametropias An eye with insufficient focal power for its length focuses light in front of the retina... ...this refractive error is known as "hyperopia
Ametropias An eye with insufficient focal power for its length focuses light in front of the retina... ...this refractive error is known as “hyperopia
Visual Anomalies Ametropias Another refractive error can occur if every axis is not refracted evenly... ...this refractive error is known as "astigmatism
Ametropias Another refractive error can occur if every axis is not refracted evenly... ...this refractive error is known as “astigmatism
Visual Anomalies Ametropias As the eye ages,the crystalline lens loses flexibility... ...this results in a condition known as "presbyopia
Ametropias As the eye ages, the crystalline lens loses flexibility... ...this results in a condition known as “presbyopia
Visual Anomalies Presbyopia The inability to focus on near objects becomes noticeable around age 40 and steadily worsens thereafter
Presbyopia The inability to focus on near objects becomes noticeable around age 40 and steadily worsens thereafter