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53 Cards in this Set
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amblyo
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dim, dull
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aqueo
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water
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blepharo
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eyelid
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conjunctivo
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conjunctiva
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core/o
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pupil
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corneo
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cornea
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cyclo
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ciliary muscle
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dacryo
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tear, tear duct
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diplo
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double
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glauco
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gray
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iro
irido |
iris
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lacrimo
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tears
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oculo
ophthalmo opto optico |
eye
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papillo
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optic disc
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phaco
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lens
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rentino
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retina
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sclero
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sclera
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presbyo
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old age
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uveo
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vascular
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vitre
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glassy
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-chalasis
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relaxation
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-opia
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vision
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-tropia
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to turn
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the study of the eye is known as...
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ophthalmology
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the sclera, choroid, and the retina are the three layers of the...
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of the eyeball
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the sclera is known in layman's terms as the ________
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the white of the eye
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the cornea is the part of the sclera that allows .... in
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allows light in
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the second layer of the eye, the choroid, provides...
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blood flow
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the third layer of the eye, the retina, contains the
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rods and cones, which respond to light
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rods are __ (active/inactive) in dim light and help us see ___ (color/BW)
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active in dim light;
help us see B/W |
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cones are ___ (active/inactive) in dim light and help us see ____ (color/BW)
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inactive in dim light and active in bright light;
they help us see color |
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strabismus
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crossed eyes
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conjuntiva
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the mucous membrane lining on the underside of the eye
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blepharitis
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eyelid inflammation
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blepharoplasty
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surgical repair of the eyelid
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blepharoptosis
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drooping eyelid
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blepharectomy
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excision of the eyelid
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conjuntivitis
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inflammation of the conjunctiva (inner eyelid lining)
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conjunctivoplasty
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surgical repair of the conjunctiva
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cycloplegia
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paralysis of the ciliary body
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scleromalacia
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softening of the sclera
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sclerotomy
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incision into the sclera
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scleritis
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inflammation of the sclera
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accomodation
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ability of the eye to adjust to variations in distance
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convergence
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the moving inward of the eyes to see an obje. close to the face
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ectropion
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turning outward of the eyelid
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presbyopia
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visual loss due to old age
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xerophthalmia
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dry eyes
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achromatopsia
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color blindness
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amblyopia
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"lazy eye"
when brain refuses to recog signal from one eye b/c it percieves two distinct images |
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cataract
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damage to the lens causing it to become opaque or cloudy
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tonometry
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measure of the intraocular pressure of the eye, to check for glaucoma
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enucleation
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surgical removal of the eye ball
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