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Eye Anatomy
Medical Terminology
Question | Answer |
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Part of the eye where a person's eye color is shown & has 2 muscles that dilate/constrict according to light | Iris |
The black circular opening that allows light to enter the eye. | Pupil |
Secrete tears | Lacrimal Glands |
The eye's black and white photoreceptors | Rods |
Are active at higher light levels (photopic vision), are capable of color vision and are responsible for high spatial acuity. | Cones |
Refraction and accommodation | Lens of eye |
Is a transparent lens that curves outward and refracts the light to the back of the eye. | Convex Lens |
Watery liquid in the anterior and posterior chambers of the eye | Aqueous humor |
Orbits, Eyelashes and Lacrimal Glands have this in common | Protection |
The white of the eye which helps maintain the eyeballs shape and protects it from injury | Sclera |