The Eye Flashcards

1
Q

What is the SCLERA?

A

The tough, supporting wall of eye

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2
Q

What is the CORNEA?

A

The transparent outer layer found at the front of the eye. It refracts and bends the light

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3
Q

What is the IRIS?

A

Contains the muscles that allow it o control the diameter of the pupil and therefore how much light enters the eye

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4
Q

What does the LENS do ?

A

focuses the light on to the RETINA

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5
Q

What does the retina contain?

A

Receptor cells sensitive to light intensity and colour

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6
Q

What controls the shape of the lens?

A

CILIARY MUSCLES and SUSPENSORY LIGAMENTS

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7
Q

What does the OPTIC NERVE do ??

A

Carries impulses from receptors on the retina to the brain

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8
Q

What’s a reflex in the eye ?

A
  • The pupil is made smaller in bright light, so the amount of light let it is reduced
  • the pupil is made bigger in dim light to increase the amount of light
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9
Q

What can damage the RETINA ?

A

Bright light

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10
Q

What is accommodation??

A

When the eye focuses light on the retina by changing shape of the lens

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11
Q

What controls the size of the pupil?

A
  • The circular muscles in the IRIS

* radial muscles

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12
Q

How does the eye focus on near objects?

A

The ciliary muscles contract

Which slackens the suspensory ligaments

The lens becomes fat

This increased the amount of light it refracts

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13
Q

How does the eye focus on distant objects ?

A

The ciliary muscles relax

Which allows the suspensory libaments to pull tight

This makes the lens go thin

So it refract light by a smaller amount

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14
Q

Why re people long sited ?

A
  • The lens is the wrong shape and doesn’t refract the light enough
  • The eye ball is too short
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15
Q

Why are people short sited?

A
  • the lens is the wrong shape and refracts the light too much
  • the eyeball is too long
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16
Q

What lens is used for longsightedness people?

A

Convex

Lens that curves outwards

17
Q

What lens is used for short sided people ?

A

Concave

A lens that curves inwards

18
Q

What are convex lenses used for ? And what do they do ?

A

Longsired people

Increase refraction

19
Q

What are concave lenses used for? And what do they do ?

A

Short sited people

Reduce refraction

20
Q

Give the treatments for vision defects

A
  • contact lenses
  • laser eye surgery
  • replacement lens surgery
21
Q

Advantages of contact lenses

A
  • lightweight
  • invisible
  • convenient for sports
22
Q

What is the name given to the transparent layer at the front on the eye?

23
Q

What is the scientific word for short sited people ?

24
Q

What is the scientific term for Long sited people?

25
Explain the cause of shortsightedness
The lens is the wrong shape Reflects the light too much Eyeball is too long
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Describe the function of th iris
Control the diameter of the eye The amount of light entering the eye
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Describe how information about light entering the eye is passed to the brain
Information is sent in impulses Via the Optic nerve