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Parts Of The Eye Quick Flashcards

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Conjunctiva

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Lubricates the eye to prevent eyelids sticking together

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Pupil

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Hole to allow light to enter

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Iris

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Colluded muscle that controls pupil relfex

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Cornea

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Responsible for refraction of light

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Lens

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Clear and transparent to allow light to refract onto the retina

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Suspensory ligaments

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Slacken or become taught to adjust thr thickness of the lens

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Ciliary muscles

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Contract or relax to adjust the thickness of the lens

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Fovea

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Area of the eye most concentrated with rods or cones

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What are rods for and what are cones for

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Rods for light
Cones for spectrum of color

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Retina

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Light sensitive receptors are here

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Choroid

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Brings oxygen to the eye,
Prevents total internal reflection

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Optic nerve

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Contains bundles of sensory neurones to send electrical impulses to the brain

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Aqeous humour

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Maintains the pressure fo the eye

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Virtuous humour

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Keeps the eye wet and keeps the retina against the wall

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Sclera

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Muscle layer maintains shape of the eyeball

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Blind spot

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Point at which the optic nerve leaves the eye and there are no receptor cells

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Slacken or become taught to adjust thr thickness of the lens

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Suspensory ligaments

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Responsible for the refractionof light in the eye

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Cornea
(Could be lens aswell)

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Carrie s oxygen to the eye and responsible for Toto al internal reflection

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Choroid

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Maintains the pressure of the eye

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Aqueous humorist

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Keeps the eye wet and keeps the retina against the walll

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Virtuous humour

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Lubricates the eye to prevent eyelids sticking togther

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Conjunctiva

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Muscular layer that maintains the shale of the eyeball

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Sclera

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