- published: 13 May 2010
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Eyes are organs that detect light and convert it into electro-chemical impulses in neurons. The simplest photoreceptors in conscious vision connect light to movement. In higher organisms the eye is a complex optical system which collects light from the surrounding environment, regulates its intensity through a diaphragm, focuses it through an adjustable assembly of lenses to form an image, converts this image into a set of electrical signals, and transmits these signals to the brain through complex neural pathways that connect the eye via the optic nerve to the visual cortex and other areas of the brain. Eyes with resolving power have come in ten fundamentally different forms, and 96% of animal species possess a complex optical system. Image-resolving eyes are present in molluscs, chordates and arthropods.
The simplest "eyes", such as those in microorganisms, do nothing but detect whether the surroundings are light or dark, which is sufficient for the entrainment of circadian rhythms.[citation needed] From more complex eyes, retinal photosensitive ganglion cells send signals along the retinohypothalamic tract to the suprachiasmatic nuclei to effect circadian adjustment.
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I saw you standing there
I knew it was me
I found you crying
I didn't mean to stare
Hail hail, honey honey
Hail hail, honey honey
Hail hail, honey honey
Oh yeah
You figured me wrong
You thought you knew everything
You never knew me
You never knew anything
You eat up my dirt
Hail hail, honey honey
Hail hail, honey honey
Hail hail, honey honey
Oh yeah
Maybe it wasn't a dream