Eyes Flashcards
1
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Aqueous humor
A
Fluid produced by the ciliary body and found in the anterior chamber
2
Q
Choroid
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Middle, vascular layer of the eye between the retina and the sclera
3
Q
Conjunctiva
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Delicate membrane that lines the undersurface of eyelids and covers anterior eyeball
4
Q
Fovea centralis
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Tiny depression in the retina that is the region of the clearest vision
5
Q
Lens
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Transparent, biconvex body behind the pupil of the eye
6
Q
Optic chiasm
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The point at whoch the optic nerve fibers cross in the brain
7
Q
Sclera
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Tough white outer body of the eyeball
8
Q
Bacterial conjunctivitis
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Medical term for pink eye
9
Q
What is produced in the isles of langerhans?
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Insulin
10
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Optic disc
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The region at the back of the eye where the optic nerve meets the retina; blind spot
