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

Name the parts labeled 1 to 4.
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Solution
1 - vitreous humour,
2 - Fovea centralis (yellow spot),
3-lens,
4-pupil
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