Primary Functions
Contains the eyeball
What is Orbit?
Outer layer of the eyeball
What is the Sclera?
Secretes Sebum
What is the meibomian glands?
drooping of the upper eyelids?
What is blepharoptosis?
ACC
What is Accommodation?
Produces,stores, and removes tears
What is the Lacrimal Apparatus?
Sharpens the focus of light
What are lens?
Angle at either corner of the eye
What is the canthus?
Paralysis of ciliary muscle
What is cycloplegia?
Process of measuring the cornea
What is keratometry?
Short Canal through the lesser wings
What is the optic foramen?
Secretes nutrient fluids that nourish the cornea
What is the ciliary body?
The slit between the eyelids
What is Palpebral fissure?
The cornea and conjunctiva inflammed
What is keratoconjunctivitis?
Agents used to dilate the pupil
What are mydriatics?
The orbit, muscles of the eye, the eyelids, the conjunctiva, and the lacrimal apparatus makes up
What is the external structure of the eye?
Regulates the amount of light admitted by the pupil
What is the Iris?
Helps protect the eyeball from foreign matter, such as dust.
What are eyelashes?
Involuntary; constant; rhythmic movement of the eyeball
What is nystagmus?
A wasting away and degeneration of retinal cells.
What is dry macular degeneration?
Permits the eye to remain moist
What are the eyelids?
Where the aqueous humor is located
What is the anterior chamber?
Embedded in the tarsal plate of each eyelid
What are tarsal and palpebral glands?
Also known as squinting
What is strabismus?
Passageway draining lacrimal fluid into the nose
What is the nasolacrimal duct?