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