We tend to describe the pupil as though it's its own actual separate part of the eye. It's almost strange to think about the fact that in reality it's just a hole in the Iris and not a "thing" at all.

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Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 days ago

For example, why do we say “Your pupils are dilated”. They aren’t. It’s the iris aperture that is dilated.

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