Nika's Stack of Eyeballs! and Ophtalmology

Question 1

lazy eye (sees poorly)

Answer 1

amblyopia

Question 2

amblyopia (is…)

Answer 2

decreased vision, not misalignment

Question 3

lazy eye (Sp.)

Answer 3

ambliopía, ojo vago

Question 4

myopia (Sp.)

Answer 4

miopía

Question 5

lazy

Answer 5

vago, ocioso, perezoso

Question 6

ability to focus (eye)

Answer 6

capacidad de focalización

Question 7

squint

Answer 7

entornar los ojos, entrecerrar los ojos

Question 8

droopy eyelid

Answer 8

ptosis, párpado caído

Question 9

stye

Answer 9

orzuelo

Question 10

Meibomian gland (Sp.)

Answer 10

glándula de Meibomio = glándula tarsal

Question 11

Meibomian gland (is….)

Answer 11

tarsal glands sit inside the eyelid and make meibum, an oily substance that traps the watery tear layer. Modified sebaceous glands.

Question 12

chalasion

Answer 12

calacio / chalazión (not orzuelo)

Question 13

eye crust

Answer 13

legaña

Question 14

4 Refractive Media of the Eye

Answer 14

Cornea / Aqueous humor / Lens / Vitreous Humor

Question 15

cornea

Answer 15

córnea

Question 16

aqueous humor

Answer 16

humor acuoso

Question 17

where the aqueous humor is contained

Answer 17

anterior chamber of the eye

Question 18

the cornea has no blood vessels, it’s transparent. it gets oxygen….

Answer 18

directly from the air. it breathes. that’s why soft contact lenses are gas-permeable.

Question 19

lens

Answer 19

cristalino

Question 20

vitreous humor

Answer 20

humor vítreo

Question 21

stroma (of the iris (is…)

Answer 21

the filamentous layer of the iris that pulls the pupil open/closed

Question 22

pupil vs. iris

Answer 22

optically, the pupil is the aperture and the iris is the diaphragm that controls how much light gets in

Question 23

what color is the pupil?

Answer 23

black

Question 24

what color is the iris?

Answer 24

any color, it’s the pretty part

Question 25

what color is the sclera?

Answer 25

white

Question 26

what color is the cornea?

Answer 26

it’s transparent!

Question 27

vitreous humor (is…)

Answer 27

99% water, jelly-like, and not continually replaced like the aqueous humor is.

Question 28

hyaloid canal (is…)

Answer 28

a canal that runs through the vitreous humor from optic nerve to lens. before birth it contains the hyaloid artery which suppies the developing lens, which later disappears

Question 29

lens (is…)

Answer 29

highly elastic, changes shape which is how you focus

Question 30

presbyopia (is…)

Answer 30

age-related changes in the eye’s lens: flattened, harder, stiffer, yellower. makes it harder to focus because it can’t change shape

Question 31

cataract (is…)

Answer 31

when the lens loses transparency and becomes cloudy

Question 32

German Measles

Answer 32

can cause congenital glaucoma and congenital cataracts

Question 33

lens (Sp.)

Answer 33

el cristalino

Question 34

pterygium (Surfer’s Eye)

Answer 34

pterigión

Question 35

pupil

Answer 35

la pupila

Question 36

zónula

Answer 36

Zinn’s membrane, ciliary zonule

Question 37

ciliary glands (are)

Answer 37

modified sweat glands around the eyelid. aka Glands of Moll

Question 38

Glands of Zeis

Answer 38

are also modified sebaceous glands

Question 39

ciliary ligament

Answer 39

unlike the ciliary glands, these are inside the eye

Question 40

hordeolum

Answer 40

stye

Question 41

stye vs. chalazion

Answer 41

chaliazia are infections of the tarsal glands (Meibomian). styes are infections of the glands of Moll (ciliary) or Zeis.
styes tend to hurt vs. chalazia tend not to.

Question 42

cycloplegic drops

Answer 42

what they use to dilate the pupil during eye exams, usually Tropicamide

Question 43

accommodation

Answer 43

ability of the eye to focus

Question 44

cycloplegia

Answer 44

paralysis of the ciliary muscle, which holds and adjusts the lens. results in loss of accomodation, aka blurry vision.

Question 45

pilocarpine

Answer 45

used to treat glaucoma

Question 46

miosis

Answer 46

constriction of the pupil

Question 47

mydriasis

Answer 47

dilation fo the pupil

Question 48

anisocoria

Answer 48

pupils are of unequal openness

Question 49

glaucoma (is)

Answer 49

increased pressure of the aqueous humor, which is constantly produced, replaced, drained. it can put pressure on the rest of the eye and damage the retina.