EyeSenses.txt

• Temperature
• Pressure
• Pain

• Smell
• Taste
• Sight
• Hearing
• Equilibrium

• Eyelids
• Eyelashes
• Meiobomian Glands
• Ciliary Glands
• Conjunctiva
• Lacrimal Apparatus

Produce an oily secretion to lubricate the eye.

Modified sweat glands between the eyelashes.

Membrane that connects to the surface of the eye and lines the eyelids. It secretes mucus to lubricate the eye.

• Lacrimal Glands - produce lacrimal fluid
• Lacrimal Canals - drains lacrimal fluid from eyes
• Lacrimal Sac -provides passage of lacrimal fluid to the nasal cavity
• Nasolacrimal duct - empties lacrimal fluid into the nasal cavity

White connective tissue layer

Transparent covering that allows light to pass through.

Blood rich nutritive tunic whose pigment prevents light from scattering.

Layer of the eye that contains photoreceptors.

• Rods
• Cones

Allow dim light vision, and peripheral vision. Found towards the edges of the retina.

The cones allow for detailed color vision, and are densest at the center of the retina. The fovea centralis contains only cones.

Watery fluid found in chamber between the lens and cornea. It helps maintain intraocular pressure.

A gel like substance located behind the lens, and keeps the eye from collapsing.