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14 Cards in this Set
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Crystalline lens gets cloudy with age. Cloudy or opaque area in normally transparent part of eye
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Cataract
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White portion of eye.
Gives shape and structure to eyeball. |
Sclera
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Surrounding
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peri
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Located on or near back of eye
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posterior
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inflammation
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itis
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inflammation of eyelids.
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Blepahritis
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blephar
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eyelid
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hyper
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Excessive, above, over
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pertaining to side or position farther away from midline.
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lateral
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Superior
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situated above or directed upward
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With age, macula may break down leading to permanent loss of vision. Largest source of irreversible blindness.
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Macular Degeneration
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itis
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Inflammation
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Inferior
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Situated below or directed downward.
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O.D.
O.S. O.U. |
oculus Dexter
Oculus Sinister Oculus uniter |