Anatomy
The colored part of the eye that controls the size of the pupil.
What is the iris?
This part of the eye controls the amount of light entering by adjusting the pupil size.
What is the iris?
This combining form refers to the colored part of your eye.
What is ir/o or irid/o?
This condition, also known as "pink eye," causes redness, itching, and discharge in the eye.
What is conjunctivitis?
This common surgery uses a laser or blade to reshape the cornea and correct vision.
What is LASIK?
This transparent front part of the eye helps focus light onto the retina.
What is the cornea?
These photoreceptor cells detect color and work best in bright light.
What are cones?
This combining form means “vision” or “sight.”
What is opt/o or optic/o?
A build-up of pressure in the eye that can damage the optic nerve and lead to blindness.
What is glaucoma?
This procedure removes a cloudy lens and replaces it with an artificial one.
What is cataract surgery?
This structure changes shape to help the eye focus on near or distant objects.
What is the lens?
This area of the retina contains the highest concentration of cones and provides sharp central vision.
What is the fovea centralis?
This combining form refers to the retina, the light-sensitive layer of the eye.
What is retin/o?
This age-related eye disorder causes blurry central vision and can lead to vision loss.
What is macular degeneration?
Most people who are diagnosed with glaucoma are prescribed this.
Hint: its a liquid
What are eyedrops?
The layer at the back of the eye that contains photoreceptor cells.
What is the retina?
This transparent structure changes shape to focus light on the retina.
What is the lens?
This combining form means “eyelid.”
What is blephar/o?
This condition, often seen in older adults, causes the lens of the eye to become cloudy.
What is a cataract?
This minor procedure corrects an inward-turning eyelid that irritates the eye surface.
What is entropion repair?
This nerve transmits visual information from the retina to the brain.
What is the optic nerve?
The nerve that carries visual information from the retina to the brain.
What is the optic nerve?
This combining form refers to tears or the lacrimal glands.
What is dacry/o or lacrim/o?
This eye condition makes it hard to see faraway objects clearly.
What is myopia or nearsightedness?
This injection-based therapy is used to slow vision loss in wet macular degeneration.
What is anti-VEGF therapy?