Week Seven: Seeing and Hearing Flashcards
What are the combining forms for eye or sight?
Opt.i Opt/o optic/o Ocul/o Opthalm/o
What is the orbit?
Eye socket
What is palpebrae?
Eyelids
What is the combining form for eyelids?
blephar/o
What is the protective cilia of the eye called?
Eyelashes
What is the mucus membrane called that lines the eyes?
Conjunctiva
What is the lacrimal apparatus?
Tear production
Combining forms for lacrimal apparatus
Lacrim/o
Dacry/o
What is the sclera?
White of the eye
Combining form for sclera
Scler/o
What is the transparent anterior portion of the eye called?
Cornea
Combining forms for cornea
Corne/o (used more for anatomy)
Kerat/o (used more for diseases)
What is the middle layer of the eye called?
Choroid
What does the choroid include?
Blood vessels, iris, pupil, lens, and ciliary body
What is miosis?
Contraction of choroid
What is mydriasis?
Dilation of choroid
combining form for choroid
Choroid/o
What part of the eye gives animals “glowy eyes”
Tapetum lucidum
What is the inner layer of the eye called?
Retina
What is the function of the retina?
Receives images
Rods detect…
Light
Cones detect..
Color
Where are rods and cones located?
In the optic disk
Combining form for retina
Retin/o
______ segment contains aqueous humor
Anterior
_______ chamber contains vitreous humor
Vitreous
What is the jelly-like substance in the eye called?
Vitreous humor
Combining form for glassy
Vitre/o
What is the process of the eye focusing called?
Accommodation
What is the bending of light to help focus called?
Refraction
What is convergence?
Simutanious movement of eyes
What is acuity?
Sharpness