Instruments
An instrument used to "scoop" out the contents of the globe
What is an enucleation spoon?
The TWO larger divisions of the eye
What are the anterior cavity and the posterior cavity?
The part of the eye that is really the absence of something else, a hole
What is the pupil?
Eyes pointing in different directions
What is strabismus?
drains tears into the nose
What are lacrimal canals?
Resembling a modified paperclip, it is used to hold the eyelids open.
What is a Barraquer eye speculum?
What is the anterior chamber?
Muscle responsible for accomodation
What is the ciliary muscle?
Eyes turned to the outside
If done intranasally, surgeon will need this to see
What is a camera and light cord?
This instrument would be used to debride an infected meibomian gland
What is a chalazion clamp?
The "white" of the eye
What is the sclera?
Substance that fills the posterior cavity
What is the vitreous?
One eye points forward, the other wanders off
What is amblyopia?
Glass tubes that may be inserted into the lacrimal canal
What are Jones tubes?
This is used to locate and retract the muscles of the eye
What is a Jameson muscle hook?
The number of extrensic muscles of each eye
What is 6?
Area of the retina with the highest concentration of receptors
What is the central fovea?
double vision
What is diplopia?
elastic "string" that is inserted through the lacrimal canal and tied off
What are Bishop-Harmon pickups?
What is the conjunctiva?
channel into which the aqueous humor drains
What is the canal of Schlemm?
Surgical procedure to correct strabismus
What is recession/resection?
lacrimal canals are located in the medial corner of the eye called this