Accomodation reflex

Question 1

What is the accommodation reflex?

Answer 1

The process of changing the shape of the lens to focus on near or distant objects

Question 2

What happens to the lens when looking at near objects?

Answer 2

Ciliary muscles contract and suspensory ligaments slacken. Lens becomes fat which increases the amount by which it refracts light

Question 3

What happens to the lens when looking at distant objects?

Answer 3

Ciliary muscles relax and suspensory ligaments pull tight. The lens goes thin so it refracts light by a smaller amount