Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 天前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-21 天前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-up1·8 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-up1·14 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