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Chapter 17 Flashcards

1
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What is the cornea?

A

Transparent coat that covers the colored iris

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2
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What is a rod ?

A

Allows us to see dim lights

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3
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What are cones?

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Brighter lights , producing color vision

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4
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What are optic discs?

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Site where the optic nerve exits the eyeball

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5
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What is another name for the optic disc?

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Blind spot

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6
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What is fovea centralis?

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Small depression in the center of the macula, contains only cones

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7
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What is the macula?

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Yellow spot center of posterior portion of retina , visual axis of eye

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8
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What is the scalera?

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The “white” in the eye, layer of dense connective tissue made up of collagen and fibroblasts

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9
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What is a choroid?

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Posterior portion of vascular layer , lines the internal surface of scalera

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10
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Study

A

Study

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11
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Study

A

Study

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12
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What is the retina?

A

3rd, and inner layer of eyeball

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13
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Which area of the eye contains only cones

A

Fovea centralis

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14
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What are the 6 eye muscles

A

Superior rectus
Inferior rectus
Lateral rectus
Medial rectus
Superior oblique
Inferior oblique

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15
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Pink eye inflames what part of the eye?

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conjunctiva

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16
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What is a sty?

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stye can develop after the small glands that line the eyelid get plugged.

17
Q

Where are sebaceous glands in the eye?

A

Tarsal plate

18
Q

What 3 cranial nerves are involved in Gustation?

A

the facial nerve (cranial nerve VII)

glossopharyngeal nerve (cranial nerve IX)

vagus nerve (cranial nerve X)

19
Q

Where do you find olfactory epithelium?

A

roof of the nasal cavities, part of the nasal septum, and the superior turbinate bones.

NASAL CAVITY

20
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Study

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21
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Study

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