The Eye

Question 1

Sclera

Answer 1

White connective tissue

Question 2

Cornea

Answer 2

Where the light goes through

Question 3

Retina

Answer 3

Converts light into nerve signals

Question 4

Rods

Answer 4

Detects black and white

Question 5

Cones

Answer 5

Detects color in lights

Question 6

Fovea Centralis

Answer 6

Allows light to focus within eye

Question 7

Iris

Answer 7

Regulate light that comes into eye

Question 8

Cillilary Body

Answer 8

Bending and flexing lens for focus

Question 9

Optic Nerve

Answer 9

Lets eyes send signals to brain

Question 10

Aqueous humor

Answer 10

Contains nutrients that feed cornea

Question 11

Vitreous humor

Answer 11

Provides nutrients, allows eye to keep shape

Question 12

Lens

Answer 12

Absorbs, focuses, directs incoming light

Question 13

Choroid

Answer 13

Absorbs light - supplies retina with nutrients from the blood

Question 14

Outside layer

Answer 14

Fibrous layer

Question 15

Middle layer

Answer 15

Vascular layer

Question 16

Inside layer

Answer 16

Sensory layer

Question 17

Eyelid

Answer 17

Protects eye

Question 18

Tarsal glands

Answer 18

Lubricate eye - edge of eyelid

Question 19

Ciliary glands

Answer 19

Lubricate eye - between eyelashes

Question 20

Conjunctiva

Answer 20

Produce lubricant

Question 21

Lacrimal Apparatus

Answer 21

Produces tears

Question 22

Eye muscles

Answer 22

Six muscles - produce movement

Question 23

Accommodation

Answer 23

Bending of lens/ focusing on objects

Question 24

Emmetropic

Answer 24

Perfect vision

Question 25

Myopic

Answer 25

Near sighted

Question 26

Hyperopic

Answer 26

Far sighted

Question 27

Cataracts

Answer 27

Cloudy film on lens (causes blurry vision)

Question 28

Glaucoma

Answer 28

Blindness due to increased pressure in eye from aqueous humor, vitreous humor, etc.

Question 29

How is an image processed in the back of the eye?

Answer 29

Retina

Question 30

What is a blind spot?

Answer 30

No image detected due to absence of photoceptors

Question 31

What is the tampetum?

Answer 31

Found in nocturnal animals, allows to collect more light in low light conditions.