Eye muscles
Middle/inner ear structures
Receptor cells and sensory tissues
Miscellaneous vision questions
Miscellaneous hearing & equilibrium questions
100
Which intrinsic muscle is associated with the abducens nerve?
What is the lateral rectus?
100
The name of this group of bones.
Ossicles.
100
Where are cells located that respond to light?
Retina
100
What is the function of the highlighted structure?
Provide oxygen and nutrients to the eye
100
What are the three sections of the ear?
Outer ear, middle ear, inner ear
200
What nerve is the superior oblique muscle associated with?
What is trochlear?
200
What are two names for this structure? (Formal and nickname)
Malleus
Hammer
200
Where are rods concentrated?
The outer edges of the retina
200
What is the highlighted structure?
What is the inferior oblique muscle?
200
These ring-like structures on the left side of the image are partly responsible for our sense of equilibrium.
Semicircular canals.
300
Muscles attached to the outer eye are called what?
What are extrinsic muscles?
300
What are the nicknames of the osseous bones?
Malleus- hammer
Incus- anvil
Stapes- stirrup
300
Are rods or cones more sensitive to light?
Rods
300
The technical term for our "blind spot".
Optic disc.
300
What structure helps equalize air pressure in the middle ear?
What is the eustachian tube (auditory tube)
400
This muscle contracts in response to bright light.
Radial muscle(s) of the iris.
400
What does the highlighted structure do?
Drains fluid from the middle ear into the throat behind the nose
400
What is the gland that produces tears?
What is the lacrimal gland?
400
What is located in the center of the macula lutea?
Fovea centralis
400
What are mechanoreceptors?
Modified hair receptors
500
What is another word for intrinsic when referring to the eye?
What is intraocular?
500
T or F? The semicircle canals are structures of hearing.
False- they are structures of balance/equilibrium
500
The name of the "hairs" that bend to facilitate hearing and equilibrium.
Stereocilia.
500
What is constantly produced by the ciliary body?
Aqueous humor
500
What is the scientific name for eardrum?
Tympanic membrane