Eye Anatomy
Eye Physiology
Vision
Ear A & P
Misc.
100
This is the scientific name for the white part of the eyeball.
What is the sclera?
100
These are the color sensing cells of the retina.
What are cones?
100
These are the grey-scale sensing cells of the retina.
What are rods?
100

This is the name of the most external and visible portion of the ear.

What is the auricle (outer ear)?

100
This is the shape or form that sound travels in.
What are waves?
200
These structures shade our eyes from the sun, and protect them from dirt and debris.
What are eylashes?
200

This condition of the eyeball is contagious conjunctivitis caused by bacteria or viruses.

What is a pink eye?

200
This is the name of the nerve emerging from the back of each eyeball.
What is optic nerve?
200
This structure is where sound is first sensed as sound waves.
What is the tympanic membrane (eardrum)?
200
This is the name of the hole (in the middle of the iris) that opens and closes depending on the light conditions.
What is the pupil?
300
This is the blood vessel rich, middle layer of the eye.
What is the choroid?
300

These are the gray detecting cells of the eye.

What are the rods?

300

This is the name of the condition caused by an irregular cornea that scatters light.

What is astigmatism?

300
These are the names of the 3 smallest bones of the body (located in the middle ear).
What are the malleus (hammer), incus (anvil), and stapes (stirrup)?
300

This is the stimulus detected by the tongue/taste buds.

What are chemicals in food and beverages?

400
This structure is responsible for producing tears.
What is the lacrimal gland?
400

This is the name of the muscle that opens and closes the pupil depending on light conditions. (Controls the size of the pupil)

What is the iris?

400
This is the lobe of the brain that is involved in processing visual information from the eyes.
What is the occipital lobe?
400
This is the lobe of the brain which processes auditory information from the ears.
What is the temporal lobe?
400
This is an eye condition in which the normally clear and pliable lens becomes cloudy and stiff, producing blurry vision.
What is a cataract?
500
This is the name of the layer of clear sclera tissue covering the front of the eye.
What is the cornea?
500
This is the biconvex, crystal-like, clear structure which can change shape to focus light precisely onto the posterior, internal eye.
What is the lens?
500

T or F: 70% of all sensory receptors are located in the eye.

True

500

This is section of the inner ear that translates sound waves into electrical impulses.

What is the cochlea?

500

These receptors detect the amino acid glutamate which is responsible for "beef taste".

What is umami?

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