| Name: | eye |
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| Synonyms: | eyes |
| Definition: | Cavitated compound organ that consists of the neural retina, lens, cornea and iris and is the sensory apparatus of the visual system. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000107] |
| Name: | visual perception |
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| Synonyms: | sense of sight, sensory visual perception, vision |
| Definition: | The series of events required for an organism to receive a visual stimulus, convert it to a molecular signal, and recognize and characterize the signal. Visual stimuli are detected in the form of photons and are processed to form an image. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0007601] QuickGO AmiGO |