Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-223 小时前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.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-223 小时前message-square31fedilinkfile-text
For example, why do we say “Your pupils are dilated”. They aren’t. It’s the iris aperture that is dilated.
minus-squareHemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 小时前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…
minus-squarevolvoxvsmarla @lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 小时前It’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