ALLIED HEALTH
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ArthurJackson44 Plus on October 26, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 accommodation | allow near or distant vision |
| anterior chamber | filled with aqueous humor |
| aqueous humor | watery fluid |
| choroid coat | middle layer |
| cones | bright light colors |
| conjunctiva | lines eyelids & secretes mucous |
| constrict | to make smaller |
| cornea | clear covering |
| dilate | to make larger |
| extrinsic muscle | outside - moves the eye |
| intrinsic muscle | inside the iris - changes size |
| iris | colored part |
| lacrimal gland | tears |
| lens | crystaline structure behind the pupal/iris |
| optic disc | blind spot and nerve fibers gather |
| optic nerve | nerves that takes images to the brain |
| orbital cavity | bone that protects the eye |
| posterior chamber | filled with vitreous humor |
| pupil | black hole in eye |
| retina | innermost layer |
| rods | on the retina - dims light |
| sclera | the outer white part of the eye keeps the shape |
| vitreous humor | jellylike substance |
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