Kids' Body Shop.Hi, kids! Can you guess by looking at the picture what organ we are studying about today? What is your guess? WHAT AM I? I am about one inch in diameter. I can be several different colors. You have two of me. You use me for almost everything you do. What am I? Answer: Eyes ANIMAL EYES A FLATWORM flatworm: see Platyhelminthes; worm. flatworm or platyhelminth Any of a phylum (Platyhelminthes) of soft-bodied, usually much-flattened worms, including both free-living and parasitic species. has light-sensitive areas called eyespots on its head. These organs can tell the difference between light and dark, but cannot see images. Like many other insects, a PRAYING MANTIS praying mantis: see mantid. has both compound and simple eyes. The compound eyes form an image; the simple eyes respond to light quickly. A CAVEFISH cave·fish n. pl. cavefish or cave·fish·es Any of various freshwater fishes of the family Amblyopsidae, found in subterranean waters and having rudimentary nonfunctioning eyes. , which has eyes that cannot see, swims in the dark waters of caves. Many animals that live in darkness have eyes that see little or nothing. RED-TAILED HAWKS and most other birds have a third eyelid called a nictitating membrane. Birds close this membrane to blink and the other eyelids eyelids, n.pl a moveable fold of thin skin over the eye. The orbicularis oculi muscle and the oculomotor nerve control the opening and closing of the eyelid. to sleep. A TARSIER tarsier (tär`sēər), small, nocturnal, forest-dwelling prosimian primate, genus Tarsius. There are at least three species found in the Philippines, in Sumatra and Borneo, and in Sulawesi. Tarsiers are about 6 in. is a small mammal found in southeast Asia; it has exceptionally large eyes. Their eyes give these animals excellent vision in dim light. LOOK IT UP What other animals have funny or different eyes? Look it up on the Internet or in your encyclopedia. Write about it or draw a picture. What color are your eyes? (Circle one.) Blue Black Hazel Brown What color eyes do most of your family members have? Judi Rogers is a marketing and sales representative for children's products at the Review and Herald Publishing Association For the magazine formerly known as the Review and Herald, see . The Review and Herald Publishing Association is one of two major Seventh-day Adventist publishing houses in North America and is the oldest institution of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. in Hagerstown, Maryland. |
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