Lecture 19 - Special Senses: Eye Flashcards
what are the 3 tunics of the eye
fibrous
vascular
neural
fibrous tunic is the ___ layer
outermost
what are associated in the fibrous tunic
sclera and cornea
- sclera = ___
- attachment site for ___ eye muscles
- dense connective tissue
white part of the eye
- extrinsic
cornea =
what does it do
transparent bulge on anterior surface
bulge refracts light before it hits lends for us to be able to pass it through to focus
areas found in the vascular tunic (6)
choroid coat
ciliary body
iris
anterior cavity
posterior cavity
suspensory ligament
vascular tunic = ___ layer
middle
- choroid coat = ___ surface of globe
a. vascular = helps nourish ___
b. __ pigmentation absorbed stray light = where light ___
- inner
a. retina
b. black, stops
- ciliary body composed of ___ and ___
- suspensory ligament of the ___
- __ muscle
- muscle and ligaments
- lens
- smooth
- iris = ___ portion of the eye
- muscle contraction controls ___ of pupil which allows light ___
- separates the anterior cavity into __ and __ chambers
- colored
- diameter, in
- anterior and posterior
- anterior CAVITY has 2 chambers anterior to the ___
- anterior chamber is anterior to ___
- posterior chamber is posterior to ___
- what fills the anterior cavity? ___
a. produced by the ___ process
b. returned to blood supply via canal of ___
c. helps control intra ocular ___
- lens
- iris
- iris
- aqueous humor
a. ciliary
b. Schlemm
c. pressure
in the anterior CAVITY, the posterior and anterior chamber are separated by?
the iris
the anterior and posterior CAVITY are separated by
the lens
posterior cavity is posterior to __
posture cavity is filled with __
assists sclera in maintaining __ of the eyeball
lens
vitreous humor
shape
suspensory ligament
a. composed of __ membranes
b. __ is sandwiched between layers
2
lens
glaucoma
- circulation of ___ is blocked
- increased ___ -> damage to the __ nerve
a. __ eyes - cornea should bend, if it doesn’t bend it has too much ___ which results in glaucoma
- you’ll start to lose ___
- aqueous humor
- pressure, optic
a. cloudy - pressure
- vision
neural tunic part is the
retina
retina has 2 parts
- posterior __ layer
a. dark pigmentation absorbs __ light - anterior __ layer
a. containing __ & ___ & ___
b. contains __ layers
- pigmented
a. stray - neural
a. neurons, neuroglia, blood vessels
b. 9
is the eye the nervous system inside out
yes