Answer the Following Anatomy of Eye Flashcards

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Cards In This Set

Front Back
1.ambly
2.op
3.corne
4.tympan
5.dipl
6.lacrim
7.my
8.ot
9.sclerosis
10.strabism
1.dull
2.eyes
3.tough
4.eardrum
5.double
6.tears
7.squinting
8.ear
9.hardening
10.cross-eyed
Pathway of light
Image to cornea, then pupil, lens, retina, optic nerve, and brain
Pathway of balance and equilibrium
Movement of the head ---> receptors in semicircular canals; impulse--->vestibular nerve --->cerebellum
What do the eyelids do?
Blocks out dust from getting to the eye
What do the tears do?
Bring out all the particles from inside the eye
What does the conjunctiva do?
Produces mucus that lubricates the eye
How does the eye muscle name relate to its action?
It tells the direction the eye will move
Opening in the choroid coat
Pupil
Clear area in the anterior surface of the sclera
Cornea
Watery fluid in anterior chamber of eye
Aqueous humor
Have the intrinsic muscles that control the amount of light entering the pupil
Iris
Contains the cones for color vision
Phoiea centralis
Nonreflective pigment preventing light reflection
Choroid
Tough, fibrous capsule
Sclera
Jellylike substance that gives eyeball shape and refracts light
Vitrous humor