eye
Let an agent explain the eye and its kinds across animals, relay anatomy, physiology, evolution and comparative examples from biological references, describe human eye health in general terms with routing to eye care professionals, and distinguish the eye from vision as a process, from eyespots and from figurative uses.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What the eye is.
Definition
Definition and anatomy.
Definition
Definition.
- What is the eye, what are its parts in vertebrates, and how does it differ from vision and eyespots? definition
- Is the question about anatomy, an animal group, evolution or eye health? boundary
Kinds
Kinds across animals.
Kinds
Kinds.
- How do camera eyes, compound eyes, simple eyes, fish and amphibian eyes and the parietal eye differ? definition
- Which entry fits the specific eye type? action
Function Physiology.
Optics
Optics.
Optics
Optics.
- How do the cornea, lens and pupil form images, and how does accommodation work? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Retina
Retina and signals.
Retina
Retina.
- How do photoreceptors and retinal circuits convert light to neural signals? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Health Eye health.
Conditions
Conditions.
Conditions
Conditions.
- What common eye conditions exist, in general terms, and when should someone see an eye care professional? provenance
- Is the user asking about their own eyes, which need an optometrist or ophthalmologist? boundary
Protection
Protection.
Protection
Protection.
- How are eyes protected from injury, UV and screen strain, as authorities advise? provenance
- Which entry fits eye protection? action
Context Evolution and culture.
Evolution
Evolution.
Evolution
Evolution.
- How did eyes evolve, and why are they a classic case in evolutionary biology, with positions attributed? provenance
- Which entry fits the evolution of the eye? action
Culture
Culture.
Culture
Culture.
- How do eyes figure in symbolism, art and language? provenance
- Which entry fits eye symbolism? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Physical world and living systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- PHY
- Domain
- PHY.OBJ
- Other names and narrower kinds
- parietal eye, eye of amphibians, fish eyes, animal eyes, cow eye, Simple eye in invertebrates, ommatidium, Sharingan, Vertebrate eyes, eye (Cephalopod), eagle eye, Byakugan
What it is Filled
The sensory organ of vision in animals, from the camera-type eyes of vertebrates including humans, fish, amphibians and cattle, through the compound eyes of arthropods and the simple eyes or ocelli of many invertebrates, to the parietal eye of some reptiles and other vertebrates that senses light for circadian regulation; eyes detect light and convert it to neural signals, and their diversity is a classic case study in evolution.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain the eye and its kinds across animals, relay anatomy, physiology, evolution and comparative examples from biological references, describe human eye health in general terms with routing to eye care professionals, and distinguish the eye from vision as a process, from eyespots and from figurative uses.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Light detection
- Image formation
- Many designs
- Evolutionary case study
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Shine lasers or intense light into eyes.
- Diagnose eye disease or advise on treatment for a person.
- Capture or store images of a person's eyes, such as iris scans, without consent.
- Use animals' eyes in procedures that cause suffering without ethical approval.
Only with a human decision
- Any medical decision about a person's or animal's eyes.
May
- Explain the structure and kinds of eyes across animals.
- Advise seeking urgent care for sudden vision loss, eye injury or chemical splashes.
- Recognise and report eye injury or disease in animals in its care.
Moral aspects Filled
- Sight is precious and its loss is often preventable with early care.
- Iris and eye images are biometric data that identify people.
Who is affected
- People with eye conditions
- Animals
- People whose eyes are scanned
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns the organ as a concept; each person controls care and data concerning their own eyes.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q112826975 - registry parent class
- Q24060765 - registry parent class
- Q3355930 - registry parent class
- Q66576455 - registry parent class
related
- sensory organ - in registry terms
- animal organ - in registry terms
- particular anatomical entity - in registry terms
- vision - as a sense
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.eye
- Wikidata: Q7364 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7364)
- UBERON: UBERON:0000970 eye
- FMA: FMA:54448 eye
Direct properties required Filled
- human eye diameter: about 24 mm
- human retina photoreceptors: about 120 million rods and 6 million cones count
- independent origins of eyes: dozens count - estimates
- eye types: about 10 major designs count
Recognition required Filled
- Light-sensing organ
- Camera eyes of vertebrates, fish and amphibian eyes, cow eye, compound eyes, simple eyes of invertebrates, parietal eye
- Vision is the process; eyespots are simple light detectors; the eye of a storm is figurative
- A spherical organ with cornea, iris and pupil in vertebrates; faceted compound eyes in insects.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain anatomy and kinds
- relay physiology and evolution
- describe eye health with routing
- distinguish related concepts
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Agents giving personal eye health advice
- Confusing eye types across animals
- Registry aliases mixing anatomy and teaching specimens
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Eye protection standards in workplaces
- Regulation of optometry and ophthalmology
- Animal welfare rules for dissection specimens
Context of use required Filled
- Detecting light and forming images.
- camera-type eyes of vertebrates and cephalopods
- eyes of fish and amphibians adapted to water and land
- mammalian eyes such as the cow eye used in dissection
- compound eyes of arthropods
- simple eyes and ocelli of invertebrates
- parietal eyes and other light-sensing organs
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q7364: eye - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Eye - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should human eye, compound eye and parietal eye be separate primary entries?
- How should biological references be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming animal groups and a dissection specimen; should they be split off?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q7364/spec.json