Multiple choice

The ability of the eye to focus on nearby and distant objects is called the power of ____.

  1. accomodation

  2. assimilation

  3. adjustment

  4. none of these
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Explanation

Accommodation is the eye's ability to change the lens curvature via ciliary muscles to focus on objects at different distances. When viewing near objects, ciliary muscles contract to increase lens curvature; for distant objects, they relax to flatten the lens.

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