eye Flashcards
sensory receptord
interface between the nervous system and the internal and external environemnt
general senses
temperature, pain touch, proprioception
special senses
small, taste, balance, hearing, vision
simplest receptors
free nerve ending
retina receptors
specific and only respond to light
receptive fields
receptors far apart and hard to localize stimulus
exteroceptors
information about the external environment
proprioceptors
inormation about body position
interoceptors
inforation about the inside of the body
eye accessory structures
-Palpebrae (eyelids)
-canthus (eyelid at corner)
-palbrae fissure (btwn eyelid)
-lashes
-conjunctiva (epithelial linning eye)
-glands
what triggers blink
root hair plexus
conjunctiva
inside linning eyelid
-produces fluid to keep wet
-ocular conjunctiva= outer
-palbral= inner
glands
protection or lube
glands of zeis
-sebacesous
-eyelashes
tarsals
-keep eyelid from sticking together w lipid rich product
-inner amrgin of eye
lacrimal gland
make tears
lacrimal carnumcle
-thick secretions
-canthus area
cyst
from infection of tarsals gland
sty
infection of any other gland
lacriminal apparatus
-lacrimal gland
-canaliculi
-sac
-nasolacriminal duct
tear flow
-made in lacrimal gland to the ocular surface then the nasolacrimal canal (foramen), enters nasal cavity (runny nose tears)
eye tunics
fibrous tunic, vascular tunic and neural tunic