OPHTHALMOLOGY for kids ' : . Hi fe < a 1 w 1 r i V w : k ' V I f? 9t i iA r rm fl ? H 4 i Betty Nguyen & Brandon Pham, MD OPHTHALMOLOGY for kids Medical School FOR KIDS Copyright ©2022BettyNguyen&BrandonPham Allrightsreserved.Nopartof thisbookmaybereproducedorusedinanymanner withouttheprior writtenpermissionof thecopyrightowner,exceptfor theuseof brief quotationsinabookreview. FirstpaperbackeditionMarch2022 Book designbyBettyNguyen&BrandonPham ISBNq78-l-q57557-0l-H(paperback) PrintedintheUnitedStatesof America PublishedbyBlackPhoenixPress www.mdforkids.org Disclaimer:Contentsofthisbookareforinformationalpurposesonly.Nomaterialinthisbookis intendedtoprovide,orbeasubstitutefor,professionalmedicaladvice. To the friends and family who have supported and lovedus unconditionally, and to thementors who have guided and taught that could have imagined usmore we : Thank you. Betty & Brandon % Medical School FOR KIDS Ophthalmology (off-thuhl-MAA-luh- ) Jee the branch of medicine concerned with the study and treatment of disorders and diseases of the eye % Medical School FOR KIDS + The that le the world eye is an organ s us see . 11 * r . i Sclera / Cornea Optic nerve Pupil Iris Lens The outer part of the made eye is of the and sclera, up cornea which both protect the eye. Cornea The the front clear layer of cornea is the that helps focus light onto the eye back of the eye.