Vision

Question 1

Sclara

Answer 1

outside fatty/connective tissue layer of the eye, the white part

Question 2

Choroid

Answer 2

inner layer that supplies the eye with blood

Question 3

Cornea

Answer 3

the outer, clear layer on top of the iris, the window to the eye, avascular

Question 4

ciliary body

Answer 4

soft tissue that surround the lens and hold the lens in place

Question 5

Iris

Answer 5

colored part of the eye, donut shaped sphincter which controls the amount of light that gets into the eye

Question 6

Lens

Answer 6

disk that is behind the iris, focuses the light coming in and projects it onto the retina

Question 7

Retina layers

Answer 7

• outer pigmented layer (absorbs light) &

- inner neural layer (contains photoreceptors [rods and cones], bipolar neurons, and ganglion neurons)

Question 8

Rods

Answer 8

more sensitive, separated out into three different types; red, green, and blue.
-less numerous, need bright conditions to fire

Question 9

Cones

Answer 9

more numerous, very sensitive to light, only see in black and white, they rule your peripheral vision