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Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours ago

We tend to describe the pupil as though it's its own actual separate part of the eye. It's almost strange to think about the fact that in reality it's just a hole in the Iris and not a "thing" at all.

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We tend to describe the pupil as though it's its own actual separate part of the eye. It's almost strange to think about the fact that in reality it's just a hole in the Iris and not a "thing" at all.

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Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours ago

For example, why do we say “Your pupils are dilated”. They aren’t. It’s the iris aperture that is dilated.

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