Chapter 34 Communication II: Senses
The Cow’s Eye Dissection. A step-by-step explanation of the dissection of a cow’s eye, not as a replacement of the dissection, but to enhance the dissection, from the San Francisco Exploratorium.
Seeing, Hearing and Smelling the World. A full text reprint of a Howard Hughes Medical Institute report on "making sense of our senses."
Olfaction. Information on the anatomy and physiology of the sense of smell.
River Blindness (Onchocerciasis). This site from the CDC describes a parasitic infection which affects millions of people in less developed, tropical areas, causing blindness.
Laser Eye Surgery. Information, FAQs, and much more at this site which describes LASIK (laser - assisted in situ keratomileusis), a relatively new surgical alternative that corrects myopia (near sightedness) or astigmatism. This is just one of hundreds of commercial sites describing this procedure (to see others, simply search on the web using Lasik.
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