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17 Cards in this Set
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cornea
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window of the eye, starts to bend light into pupil
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lens
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behind iris, refracts light onto retina, reverses object
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aqueous humor
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nutrient rich saline solution created by choroid, keeps eye shape normal
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vitreous humor
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thickened jello like solution created in posterior eye, holds retina in place
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iris
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pigmented circular muscle that constricts/dialates to control light entry
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ciliary body
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black muscle behind iris that constricts on lens for up close vision, mushroom cap
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sclera/cornea
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tough, collagenous sclera protects eye from punctures, allows attachment site for ocular muscles, and has blood vessels, cornea is clear window into eye
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choroid
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black layer behind retina, absorbs light after viewing with retina, makes aqueous humor to provide nutrients for all internal eye structures
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retina
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thin layer of nervous sensory dendrites, contains rods (B/W) and cones (color vision) to interpret visual information
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lacrimal gland
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creates tears to rinse the eye of debris and microbes
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lacrimal sac
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reabsorbs tears and drains to nasal cavity
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superior rectus muscle
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elevates eye upwards
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inferior rectus muscles
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depresses eye downwards
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medial rectus muscle
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adducts eye medially
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lateral rectus muscle
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adducts eye laterally
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superior oblique muscle
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medially rotates eye
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inferior oblique muscle
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laterally rotates eye
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