eye-glaucoma

Question 1

how much of info is taken in by the eye

Answer 1

70%

Question 2

how much of into is taken in by the cerebrum

Answer 2

50%

Question 3

eyebrows

Answer 3

coarse hair that keeps dirt out of the eye

Question 4

eyelashes

Answer 4

soft hair that keeps dirt out of the eye

Question 5

sty

Answer 5

infected eyelash

Question 6

another name for eyelid

Answer 6

caruncle

Question 7

3rd eyelid

Answer 7

vestigial organ that helped to see under water “bump”

Question 8

how many eye muscles are there

Answer 8

6

Question 9

what do eye muscles look like

Answer 9

brown rubber bands

Question 10

lazy eye

Answer 10

lazy eye muscles (strabismus)

Question 11

strabismus

Answer 11

lazy eye muscles

Question 12

what are the 2 eye glands called

Answer 12

meibomian, ciliary

Question 13

meibomian

Answer 13

oil gland in the eye

Question 14

ciliary

Answer 14

sweat gland in the eye

Question 15

function of tear ducts

Answer 15

dilute saline

Question 16

lysozyme

Answer 16

tears

Question 17

what do tears consist of

Answer 17

salt and H2O

Question 18

function of tears

Answer 18

cleanse

Question 19

conjunctiva

Answer 19

mucous membrane covering eye (sensitive to germs)

Question 20

conjunctivitis

Answer 20

very contagious pink eye (infection, pus)

Question 21

sclera

Answer 21

tough layer; white of the eye that gives shape,protection,anchors eye muscles)

Question 22

function of sclera

Answer 22

gives shape,protection,anchors eye muscles

Question 23

cornea

Answer 23

transparent with pain fibers, can be transplanted

Question 24

iris

Answer 24

colored muscles (controls pupil)

Question 25

where do we get the color of our iris from

Answer 25

parents

Question 26

pupil

Answer 26

hole (Dim: dilates bright constricts) -reflexes

Question 27

lenses

Answer 27

magnifies image

Question 28

whats the ratio to age and lense

Answer 28

as age increases, ability to accommodate decreases (presbyopia)

Question 29

presbyopia

Answer 29

lenses cant accommodate

Question 30

cataracts

Answer 30

covering over lenses (white cover)

Question 31

what did people believe cataracts are cause by

Answer 31

UV light

Question 32

when do doctors remove cataracts

Answer 32

when they are ripe

Question 33

retina

Answer 33

contains nerve tissue (rods, cones)

Question 34

rods

Answer 34

sensitive to darkness (nerve) rhodopsin (purple) (vitamin A)

Question 35

cones

Answer 35

sensitive to color

Question 36

optic nerve

Answer 36

carries visual message to the brain < vision center

Question 37

blind spot

Answer 37

where optic nerve leaves the retina

Question 38

Fovea centralis

Answer 38

sharpest vision (only rods) (image lands on retina)

Question 39

Aqueous humor

Answer 39

fluid

Question 40

vitreous humor

Answer 40

gel

Question 41

function of aqueous and vitreous humor

Answer 41

gives shape

Question 42

where is aqueous humor located

Answer 42

front

Question 43

where is vitreous humor located

Answer 43

back

Question 44

glacoma

Answer 44

build up of pressure due to fluids (presses on optic nerve) ( halos around image)

Question 45

cure to glacoma

Answer 45

make a small hole so that fluid goes in blood stream