Anatomy and Phys

Question 1

accommodation

Answer 1

adjustment of the eye for various distances so the images fall on the retina

Question 2

acuity

Answer 2

clearness or sharpness of sensory function

Question 3

adnexa

Answer 3

tissues or structures in the body adjacent to or near a related structure

Question 4

humor

Answer 4

any fluid of the body

Question 5

labyrinth

Answer 5

series of intricate communicating passaged

Question 6

opaque

Answer 6

substance or surface that neither transmits nor allows the passage of light

Question 7

perilymph

Answer 7

fluid that closely resembles spinal fluid but found in the cochlea

Question 8

photopigment

Answer 8

light sensitive pigment in the rental cones and rods that absorb light and initiate visual process

Question 9

refractive

Answer 9

ability to bend light rays as they pass through a medium

Question 10

tunic

Answer 10

layer or coat of tissue

Question 11

fibrous tunic

Answer 11

sclera, cornea, conjunctiva

Question 12

Uvea

Answer 12

choroid, iris and ciliary body

Question 13

choroid

Answer 13

provides blood supply to the entire eye

Question 14

iris

Answer 14

colored, contractile membrane

Question 15

retina

Answer 15

responsible for reception and transmission of visual impulses to the brain

Question 16

rods

Answer 16

dime light and produce black and white vision

Question 17

cones

Answer 17

bright light and produce color vision

Question 18

aqueous humor

Answer 18

found in the posterior chamber and anterior and provides nourishment for the lens and the cornea

Question 19

vitreous humor

Answer 19

jellylike substance that fills the interior of eye, vitreous chamber

Question 20

adnexa

Answer 20

includes all supporting structures of the eye globe

Question 21

auricle

Answer 21

collects waves traveling through the air and channels them to the external auditory canal

Question 22

cerumen

Answer 22

waxy secretion

Question 23

ossicles

Answer 23

tiny bones in the ear which vibrate (malleus, incus and stapes)

Question 24

cochlea

Answer 24

snail shaped, filled with perilymph

Question 25

oval window

Answer 25

provides attachment places for the stapes

Question 26

Vestibular system

Answer 26

semicircular canals and the vestibule