Chapter17 Flashcards
Accommodation
Normal adjustment of the eye to focus on objects from far to near.
Anterior Chamber
Area behind the cornea and in front of the lens and iris. It contain aqueous humor.
Aqueous Humor
Fluid produced by the ciliary body and found in the anterior chamber.a humor is any body fluid, including blood and lymph.
Conjunctiva
Delicate membrane lining the eyelids and covering the eyeball.
Optic disc
Region at the back of the eye where the optic nerve meets the retina. It is the blind spot of the eye because it contains only nerve fibers, no rods or cones, and is thus insensitive to light.
Vitreous Humor
Soft, jelly-like material behind the lens in the vitreous chamber; helps maintain the shape of the eyeball.
Aque/o
Water
Blephar/o
Eyelid
Conjunctiv/o
Conjunctiva
Cor/o
Pupil
Anis/o
Unequal
Corne/o
Cornea
Cycl/o
Ciliary body or muscle of the eye
Dacry/o
Tears, tear duct
Ir/o
Irid/o
Iris (colored portion of the eye around the pupil)
Kerat/o
Cornea
Lacrim/o
Tears
Ocul/o
Eye
Ophthalm/o
Eye
Opt/o
Optic/o
Eye, vision
Vision condition
Palpebr/o
Eyelid
Papill/o
Optic disc; nipple-like
Phac/o
Phak/o
Lens of the eye
Pupil/o
Pupil
Retin/o
Retina
Scler/o
Sclera (white of the eye); hard
Uve/o
Urea; vascular layer of the eye (iris, ciliary body and choroid)
Vitre/o
Glassy
Ambly/o *
Dull, dim
-opia
Vision, vision condition
Dipl/o
Double
Glauc/o
Gray
Mi/o
Smaller, less
-oma
Mass or collection of fluid
Mydr/o *
Widen, enlarge
Nyct/o
Night
-opsia
Vision, vision condition
Phot/o
Light
Presby/o *
Old age
Scot/o
Darkness
Xer/o
Dry
-tropia
To turn
Eso-
Inward