SPECIAL SENSES : Visual Flashcards
Made up of the eyeball specialized for its ability to react to light.
Visual Apparatus
Protects the delicate inner structures of the eye and with the intraocular pressure maintain the shape and turgor of the eyeball.
Fibrous Coat
Transparent anterior 1/6 if the fibrous coat.
Cornea
Opaque posterior 5/6 of the fibrous coat
Sclera
Transparent fibrous coat covering the colored part of the eyes, iris.
Cornea
Slightly thicker than sclera with refractive power 2x as high as the lens.
Cornea
Avascular and the central part depends on diffusion from aqueous humor for its nourishment.
True
One of the few organs that can be successfully transplanted without rejection from the host.
Cornea
Opaque posterior 5/6 of the fibrous coat
Sclera
Sclera is mainly made up of ? where tendons of extraocular muscles are attached
Densely packed collagenous fibers (type I collagen fibrils)
Pierced by optic nerve, ciliary nerves and blood vessels
Sclera
Concerned with nutrition of retina and production of aqueous humor
Vascular and Muscular Coat / UVEA
Provides mechanisms for accommodation of the eyes for near vision and control of amount of light entering the eye.
Vascular and Muscular Coat / UVEA
Parts of Vascular and Muscular Coat / UVEA
- Choroid
- Ciliary body
- Iris
Middle coat of the eye.
Choroid
Blood rich nutritive tunic that contains a dark pigment that prevents light from scattering inside the eye.
Choroid
A thickening of the vascular tunic.
Ciliary Body
Connects choroid with circumference of iris.
Ciliary Body
When ciliary muscle contracts, the lens become more convex.
True
Ciliary Body is
- with ciliary muscle for accomodation
- with ciliary process producimg aqueous humor
True