Nervous system & opthalmology Flashcards
Afferent nerve/sensory
carry messages to the central nervous system
Efferent/motor nerve
carry messages from central nervous system
Olfactory nerve
nerve of sense of smell
Optic nerve
nerve of sense of sight
Occulomotor nerve
nerve that moves eyeball, eyelid, pupil
trochlear nerve
nerve of the superior oblique muscle of the eyeball
blephar-
blepharitis
eyelid
choroid-
cyclochoroiditis
choroid
conjunctive-
conjuctivitis
cojunctiva
corne-
corneoblepharon
cornea (horny)
*erect portrusion
cornu-
cornu inferius
horn, hornlike projection
dacry-
dacryadentitis
tear, lacrimal sac or duct
*Syn: lacrim-
gangli-, ganglion-
ganglioneuroma
ganglion
iris-, irid-
iridokinesis
iris
*goddes of the rainbow & messages
kerat-
keratitis
cornea (horn)
*Syn.: corne-