Featured Image ©Fran Milner
The eye is the organ of vision. It allows us to see and interpret the shapes, colors, and dimensions of objects in the world by processing the light it reflects or emits. The human eye is also an immensely complex organ with the possibility of errors and various types of injury, infection, and changes due to systemic disease.
Since the eye allows us to visually communicate with the world around us, studying its intricacies is a very important aspect of modern medicine.
Here are a few studies into visual communication, illustrated by the Medical Illustration Sourcebook Artists.
Audra Geras | Geras Healthcare Productions
The Healthy Eye
Gary Carlson
Dry eye leads to red and irritated sclera
Fran Milner
Sectioned view of the normal eye, detailing main structures
Ben Smith
Eye interior
Elaine Kurie
Tear film
Science Source
Visual pathways from the retina of the eye to the brain cortex
Joan Kozel
Nerves of the Eye
Richard Weaver | DWeaver Designs-BioMedical Illustration
Eye cross-section
Erica Beade | MBC Graphics
Digital painting of the anatomy of the human eye in cross-section, including the lens, pupil, iris, cornea, retina, optic nerve, sclera and vitreous body
Peg Gerrity
Vision loss caused by an overgrowth of choroidal blood vessels in the retina
Matthew Chansky | Medical Design Agency
Eye and Midbrain Nerves and Muscles
Phototake – Masters in Medical Images
Author: Carol & Mike Werner
Eye: pars plana, part of the ciliary body
Brian Harrold | Beru Graphics
3 film layers associated with dry eye
Destry Sloane | Animated Biomedical Productions
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