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What is the function of the highlighted element in this image?

What is the function of the highlighted element in this image?-example-1
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The highlighted structure (blue) is the lens of the eye, it is a semi-transparent biconvex structure that, along with the cornea, helps to refract and focus the light onto the retina.

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