Final 46 Flashcards
Rods
Low light
Peripheral vision
Cones
Bright light
Color
Central vision
Glaucoma
Increased pressure resulting in hypoxia of photoreceptors and nerve fibers
Movement of the eye
6 vouluntary muscles
Cranial nerves 3, 4, 6
Emmetropia
Perfect refraction of the eye
Hyperopia
Farsightedness
Eye does not refract enough light
Myopia
Nearsightedness
Overbends the light
Astigmatism
Refractive error caused by unevenly curved surfaces on or in the eye, especially the cornea
Miosis
Pupillary constriction
Mydriasis
Pupillary dilation
Accommodation
Haze is shifted from a distant to near object
Convergence
Ability to turn both eyes inward
Arcus senilis
Opaque, bluish white ring within out edge of cornea. Caused by fat deposits
Presbyopia
40 eyes
Ishihanra chart
Color vision