Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day agoWe 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.message-squaremessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1120arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1115arrow-down1message-squareWe 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.Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day agomessage-square31fedilinkfile-text
For example, why do we say “Your pupils are dilated”. They aren’t. It’s the iris aperture that is dilated.
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·15 hours agoEye sphincter sounds weird though.
minus-squareHemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours agoWell shoot. My regular eye doctor is a cute little thing that I kind of have a crush on, and now all I can picture is her talking about my eye sphincter…
minus-squarevolvoxvsmarla @lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·15 hours agoIt’s a sphincter that lets a lot of shit enter your body
Eye sphincter sounds weird though.
Well shoot. My regular eye doctor is a cute little thing that I kind of have a crush on, and now all I can picture is her talking about my eye sphincter…
It’s a sphincter that lets a lot of shit enter your body