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Anterior chamber |
Area behind cornea, in front of iris. Filled with clear watery fluid called aqueous humor |
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Aqueous Humor |
Clear watery fluid produced by cillary body. Fills the front of the posterior chamber and entire anterior chamber. It provides nutrients for the lens and posterior cornea |
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Choroid |
Blood vessels that nourish the retina so it continues to function. It's between sclera & retina |
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Ciliary muscle |
Muscle inside eyeball that alters the shape of crystalline lense. It has direct control of focusing ability of the eye (accommodation) |
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Conjuntiva FIX |
Palperbral- lines the lids Bulbar- covers sclera(white putter layer of eyeball) |
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Optic nerve |
Nerve that carries impulses from eye to brain |
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Orbit |
Bony socket that holds the eye and most of the organs. |
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Posterior chamber |
Behind iris, in front of cornea |
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Retina |
The seeing part of your eye |
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Rods & Cones |
Rod Photoreceptors- provides black/white vision and is most sensitive (night va, motion detection, and peripheral VA Cone Photoreceptor- responsible for clear central VA and color vision |
