Anatomy of Eye
Anatomy of the Eye 2
Terminology
Terminology 2
Terminology 3
100
light sensitive nerve cell layer of the eye containing photo-receptor cells (rods and cones)
What is the retina?
100
This is the cranial nerve carrying impulses from the retina to the brain.
What is the optic nerve?
100
aque/o
What is water?
100
phot/o
What is light?
100
-opia; -opsia ; -tropia
What is vision?
200
This is the tough white outer covering of the eyeball.
What is the sclera?
200
This is the central opening in the eye and is surrounded by the iris.
What is the pupil?
200
cor/o
What is pupil?
200
presby/o
What is old age?
200
retin/o
What is the retina?
300
This is the type of photoreceptor cell of the retina essential for vision in dim light as well as peripheral vision.
What is rods?
300
This is the middle, vascular layer of the eye between the retina and the sclera.
What is choroid layer?
300
blephar/o
What is eyelid?
300
mydr/o
What is widen or enlarge?
300
mi/o
What is smaller or less?
400
These are the photoreceptor cells in the retina that transforms light energy into a nerve impulse. They are responsible for color and central vision.
What is cones?
400
This is the region at the back of the eye where the optic nerve meets the retina. It is called the blind spot and contains only nerve fibers.
What is the optic disc?
400
dacry/o
What is tears or tear duct?
400
scot/o
What is darkness?
400
nyct/o
What is night?
500
This is the fibrous transparent layer of clear tissue that extends over the anterior portion of the eyeball.
What is the cornea?
500
This is the point at which the optic nerve fibers cross in the brain.
What is optic chiasm?
500
ambly/o
What is dull or dim?
500
phac/o
What is the lens of the eye?
500
glauc/o
What is gray?
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