Ch 2 Flashcards
In oscillation that travels through a medium by transferring energy from one partical or point to another without causing any permanent displacement of the medium
Wave
A quantum of visible light or other form of electromagnetic radiation demonstrating both particle and wave properties
Photon
To take up something such as light, noise, or energy and not transmit it at all
Absorb
To disperse something such as light in an irregular fashion
Scatter
To redirect something that strikes a surface especially light, sound, or heat usually back toward its point of origin
Reflect
To convey something from one place or thing to another
Transmit
One to alter the course of a wave of energy that passes into something from another medium, as water does to light entering it from the air. Two to measure the degree of refraction in a lens or Eye
Refract
A picture or likeness
Image
The transparent window into the eyeball
Cornea
Allowing light to pass through with no interruption, so that objects on the other side can be clearly seen
Transparent
The watery fluid in the anterior chamber of the eye
Aqueous humor
The len inside the eye that enables the changing of focus
Lens
The dark circular opening at the center of the iris in the eye where light enters the eye
People
The transparent fluid that fills the vitreous chamber in the posterior part of life
Vitreous humor
A light sensitive membrane in the back of the eye that contains rods and cones, which receive an image from the lens and send it to the brain through optic nerve
Retina
The condition in which there is no refractive error, because the reflective power of the eye is perfectly matched to the length of the eyeball
Emmetropia
A unit of measurement of the optic power of the lens. It is equal to the reciprocal of the focal links, in meters. A 2 diopter lens will bring parallel rays of light into focus at half meter
Diopter
Nearsightedness, a common condition in which light entering the eye is focused in front of the retina and distant objects cannot be seen sharply
Myopia