A biconvex structure that helps to refract light
What is the lens?
First structure of the eye light passes through
What is the cornea?
means harmonious vision
What is emmetropia?
Condition that results from light rays converging as a line on retina and not a point
What is an astigmatism?
Drains the aqueous humor
What is the Canal of Schlemm?
Produces the aqueous humor
What is the ciliary body?
Ultimate destination of the pathway of light (place in the brain where visual input is interpreted)
What is the visual cortex of the occipital lobe?
Can be caused due to an eyeball that is too short
What is hyperopia?
Where is the physiological blind spot?
What is the optic disc?
If the cornea flattens less than normal in response to the puff of air in a tonometry test, it indicates this about the intraocular pressure
What is above normal pressure in the eye?
Layer that reduces the scattering of light
What is the vascular layer (choroid)?
The refracting medium in the posterior chamber of the eye
What is the vitreous humor?
Another name for nearsightedness
What is myopia?
Can result from a lack of cones
What is colorblindness?
This type of lens converges light rays
What is a convex lens?
Opening in the iris
What is the pupil?
Where fibers from the optic nerve cross in the brain
What is the optic chiasma?
Condition that can be corrected by a concave lens that diverges light rays
What is myopia?
The name of the eye chart at the back of the room
What is the Snellen Chart?
What the lens does when you focus on something up close
What is bulge? (Accomodate)
White of the eye
What is the sclera?
Where light passes in the brain AFTER the thalamus
What is the optic radiation?
What does it mean to have 20/500 vision?
What a "normal" person sees at 500 feet away, you only see at 20 feet away
Considered a normal result of the accommodation pupillary reflex
Pupils constrict when focusing on something close
Name of the choroid layer in cows
What is the tapetum lucidum?