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Given Below is a Diagram Depicting a Defect of the Human Eye? Study the Same and Answer the Question that Follow: - Biology

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Given below is a diagram depicting a defect of the human eye? Study the same and answer the question that follow:

Give two possible reasons for this defect of the eye in human beings.

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The two possible reasons for myopia are the eyeball is lengthened from front to back and the lens is too curved.

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Chapter 8: The Nervous System and Sense Organs - Diagram Based Questions

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ICSE Biology [English] Class 10
Chapter 8 The Nervous System and Sense Organs
Diagram Based Questions | Q 14.2

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