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aqueous humor
- thick watery subs filling the space between the lens and cornea
canthus -
angle where the upper and lower eyelids meet
choroid -
derived from the greek words (skin leather) eidos (form likeness resemblance) - opaque middle layer of the eye
ciliary body -
set of muscles and suspensory ligaments that adjust the lens
cones -
konos (cone) - color receptors
conjunctiva -
the mucous membrane covering the anterior of the eye and inner eyelid
cornea -
cornus ( horn) - transparent shield of tissue forming outer wall of eye
dacryocyst
- tear sac
extraocular -
situated outside the eye
fovea centralis
- a pit in middle of the retina that is the area of sharpest vision
iris pl irides
(messenger of gods) - colored part of eye
lacrimal apparatus -
the lacrimal gland, lake, canaliculi (small canals), and sac, along with the nasolacrimal duct
lens -
refractive struc of the eye, lying between iris and the vitreous body
ocular -
adj referring to the eye
optic nerve -
cranial nerve respons vision
orbit -
bony depression houses eye
pupil - -
dark part in cent of iris (little girl doll) pupilla
rods -
black and white receptors on the retina that respond to dim light
uvea -
vascular layer of eye
vitreous body / humor -
(glassy) - transparrent jelly like substance filling interior eye, and fluid component of the body
amblyopia -
(dim) (vision) - condition that occurs when visual acuity is note the same in both eyes also lazy eye
blepharoptosis
- dropping eyelid
cataract -
waterfall) - opacity of the ocular lens
conjunctivitis -
inflam of the conjunctive; pinkeye
glaucoma -
disease of eye char'd by intraocular pressure and atro of optic nerve
hordeolum - (
barley) - a sty on eyelid
hyperopia/ presbyopia -
farsightedness
myopia -
nearsightedness
oculodynia -
pain in eyeball
presbyopia -
presbys (old man) - farsightedness resulting from old age
scleroiritis -
inflammation of the sclera and iris
strabismus -
(squinting) - lack of parallelism in the visual axes; crossed eyes
xerophthalmia
dry eyes
auricle -
auri (ear) - one of the 2 parts of the external ear (the other part is the auditory canal)
cerumen
- l cera (wax) - wax-like secretion occurring in the external auditory canal
cochlea -
latin word meaning snail shell - part of the bony labyrinth
eustachian tube -
auditory tube that connect the middle ear to the pharynx
external auditory canal -
other part of ext ear
incus -
one of the auditory ossiceles (the anvil
labyrinth -
canals of the inner ear
malleus -
l (hammer) - one of the auditory ossicles
ossicles
(small bone) 3 small bones in mid ear - malleus, incus, stapes
pinna -
(feather wing lobe) - term for auricle
stapes
(stirrup) one of the auditory ossicles
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