Ear And Eye Flashcards
Pinna/ auricle
Outside cartilage of ear
External acoustic meatus
Ear canal
Tympanic membrane
Ear drum
Malleus
1/3 ear bones, closest to eardrum
Incus
2/3 ear bone, between malleus and stapes
Stapes
3/3 ear bone, connected to incus and oval window
Oval window
Covered by stapes
Round window
Below the oval window
Cochlea
Snail shell looking structure
Semicircular canals
Above cochlea, balance
Vestibule
Center of function (connects to cochlea, round and oval windows canals and nerve)
Eustachian tube
Connects ear to mouth
Vestibular cochlear nerve
Nerve that connects to vestibule and cochlea
Aqueous humor
Liquid in anterior chamber
Vitreous humor
Jelly like substance in the posterior chamber
Sclera
Whites of your eyes
Choroid
Brown layer
Retina
Inner most layer of the eye
Lens
Disc like structure
Optic disc
Posterior of eye, blind spot
Ora serrate
Aerated muscles holding eye
Ciliary muscles
Changes the shape of the lens connect to ora serrata
Macula lutea
Area with most cones
Fovea centralis
Center of macula lutea
Cornea
Front layer of eye
Optic nerve
Posterior of eye