ch.7.7 Key terms
What is the aqueous humor?
Clear,watery fluid that fills the space between the cornea and iris.
What is the conjunctiva?
A mucous membrane.
What are lens?
The circular structior located behind the pupil.
What does refracts mean?
Bends
What is the vestule?
Entrance to body canal.
What is the auditory canal?
The canal, external auditory meatus.
What is the cornea?
The transparent part of the sclera.
What are the organ of corti?
A receptor of sound waves.
What is the retina?
The back of the eye.
What is the vitreous humor?
The jellylike substance that fills the area behind the lens.
What is the auricle?
The visible part of the ear.
What is the eustachian tube?
The tibe connected to the pharnx.
What are ossicles?
A very small bone in the middle ear.
What is the sclera?
The outermost layer of connective tissue.
What is the choroid coat?
The middle layer of the eye.
What is the iris?
The colored portion of the eye.
What is the pinna?
The visible part of the ear.
What is the semicircular canals?
Located in the inner ear.
What is the cochlea?
Contains delicate, hairlike mechanoreceptor cells.
What are the lacrimal glands?
Produce tears, which cleanse the eye.
What is the pupil?
The opening in the center of the iris.
What is the tympanic membrane?
The eardrum