Parts of the Eye
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Vocabulary words
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Misc.
100
The transparent front part of the eye that focuses light and lets it into the eye
What is the cornea?
100
Light sensitive tissue at the back of the eye.
What is the retina?
100
Cloudy lens
What are cataracts?
100
When the cornea is not uniform
What is astigmatism?
100
About 30 minutes
How long does it take to accommodate to the dark?
200
A hole in the iris that acts like the aperture of a camera
What is the pupil?
200
Muscles which control the focusing of the lens
What are the ciliary muscles?
200
The area of vision in front of the eye
What is the visual field?
200
You can see close-up but not so well far away
What is myopia?
200
Pieces of the retina in the vitreous humor.
What are floaters?
300
The colored part of the eye that controls the diameter of the pupil
What is the iris?
300
The gel in the eye.
What is the vitreous humor?
300
Less than normal vision at night
What is night blindness?
300
You can see far away better than close-up
What is hyperopia?
300
Damage to the center of vision
What is macular degeneration?
400
A yellow spot near the center of the retina
What is the macula?
400
Cells in the retina which are sensitive to color
What are the cones?
400
Changes in vision with age
What is presbyopia?
400
Some colors appear blurry
What is chromatic aberration?
400
Loss of vision due to increased eye pressure
What is glaucoma?
500
A small dimple in the center of the macula which has the sharpest vision.
What is the fovea?
500
Light and dark sensors
What are the rods?
500
When you stare at a single light and it appears to move
What is the autokinetic effect?
500
A hint that you might be drunk
What is convergence?
500
You lose this as you age
What is accommodation?
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