Eye Flashcards
What is the general process of vision?
Describe the tear film model:
What are the 6 roles of the lacrimal apparatus?
What extrinsic eye muscles are there?
.. also 2 oblique muscles moving eyes on vertical plane
Describe the structure of the eyeball
What is the fibrous tunic?
….Also has corneal pump (aquaporins)
What is the Vacula tunic also called and what 3 regions is it made of?
Which tunic is the choroid from and what is it?
Vascular Tunic
Which tunic are ciliary body from and what are they composed of?
What internal chambers are there in the eye?
Vascular Tunic
What are the functions of the Aq humor? and which tunic is it located?
VT
What forms the retina and which tunic is it located?
VT
Define macula Degeneration and identify the two types of it
What is the pathway of light as it enters the eye?
what does the len’s curve and shape allow?
Tune focusing of image to retina
What occurs when focusing for distant vision?
What occurs when focusing for close vision?
What types of photoreceptors are there?
what is the 2nd leading cause of blindness?
What lies between the lens and retina??
What are the lens of the eye compsosed of?
What does cataract cloudness of lens lead to?
Distinguish between the iris and pupil
what are the two movements of the pupil and how do they occur?
What is the sensory tunic composed of?
