Eye Flashcards
1st and most powerful stucture of opticql system
Cornea
Center of central vision
Fovea
Enables lense to change shape
Zonula
Middle vascular layer of the eye
Uvea
Film of the eye
Optic disk
1st part of the brain to receive visual input
Optic chiasm
Relay station of visual cortex
Lateral geniculate body
Keeps images focused on the retina
Lens
Layer of blood vessel that supplies blood to the retina
Choroid
Where aqueous humor is produced
Ciliary body
Blocked in glqucoma
Canal of schlemm
Corneal layer composed of collagen fibers, no cells, contributes to stability and strength of cornea
Bowmans membrane
Thickest layer of cornea
Stroma
Basement layer of the cornea
Dehcemet’s membrane
Blind spot of the eye
Optic disk
Area of highest visual acuity
Fovea
Long sebaceous gland in tarsal plate wc creates an oily layer on the surface of the tear film preventing rapid evaporation of the tear
Meibomian glands
Sweat glands emptying secretions into hair follicles
Gland of moil
Smaller,modified sebaceous glands conneted with hair follicles
Glands of Zeis
Tear secreting tubuloalveolar gland rich lysozyme
Lacrmal gland
Action of superior rectus
Upward and medial movement
Action of inferior rectus
Downward and medial movement
Movement of inferior oblique
Upward and lateral
Movement of superior oblique
Downward and lateral