Final Flashcards
The eye measures about
2.5cm in diameter
How much of the eye’s anterior surface is visible?
1/ 6
The eye is enclosed by
Fat and bony orbit
Photo receptors
Cells that helpus see color and allow us to see at night
Photoreceptors are distributed over most of the
Retina
- except where your optic nerve leaves your eye
The optic disk (blind spot) is located in the
Posterior wall of your eye called the: fundus
Macula
Yellow spot
Fovea centralis
Focuses on color
Rods
Specialized photoreceptors for dim light
Cones
Color photoreceptors for high light intensity
To excite rods and cones what must happen?
Light must pass through your ganglion cells layer and your bipolar cell layers
Optic nerves
Are bundles of fibers
Lens contain
Anterior segment & posterior segment
Posterior segments
Contain vitreous humor (gel like substance)
Anterior segment
Contums aqueous humor (water fluid )