EMT-B CHAPTER 25 VOCABULARY

- A fracture of the orbit or of the bones that support the floor of the orbit.

-- The delicate membrane lining the eyelids and covering the exposed surface of the eye.

- Inflammation of the conjunctiva.

-- The transparent tissue layer in front of the pupil and iris of the eye.

- The eyeball.

- Bleeding into the anterior chamber of the eye, obscuring the iris.

- The muscle and surrounding tissue behind the cornea that dilate and constrict the pupil, regulating the amount of light that enters the eye; pigment in this tissue gives the eye its color.

- The glands that produce fluids to keep the eye moist; also called tear glands.

- The transparent part of the eye through which images are focused on the retina.

- A cranial nerve that transmits visual information to the brain.

- The eye socket, made up of the maxilla and zygoma.

- The circular opening in the middle of the iris that admits light to the back of the eye.

- The light-sensitive area of the eye where images are projected; a layer of cells at the back of the eye that changes the light image into electrical impulses, which are carried by the optic nerve to the brain.

- Separation of the retina from its attachments at the back of the eye.

- The white portion of the eye.