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50 Cards in this Set
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Cochlea
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Organ of Corti, spiral shaped
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Pinna
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Outer part of ear
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Cerumen (Ear Wax)
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Protects ear
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Ottis Media
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treated with antibiotics
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Papillae
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Projections on tongue
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Olfactory
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Nerve for smell
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Pupil
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Black center in eye, constricts when exposed to light
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Intrinsic Muscles
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Change the size of pupils
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Cornea
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Window of the eye
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Orbital Cavity
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Protects eye
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Lacrimal Glands
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Produces tears
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Pathway of Vision (CPLRON)
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Cornea > Pupil > Lens > Retina > Rods and Cones > Optic Nerve > Brain
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Lacrimal Ducts
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Drain tears to nasal cavity
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Lens
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Crystalline structure behind pupil that is removed in cataract surgery, and functions in accommodation
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Conjunctiva Sac
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Lines Eyelids
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Ophthalmologist
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Treats eye disorders
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Ophthalmoscope
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Used to examine eye
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Myopia
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Nearsighted
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Astigmatism
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Front of eye uneven
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Attached to Sclera
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Extrinsic Muscles for eye movement
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Sclera
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White part of eye
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Iris
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Colored part of eye
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3 Eye Coats (SCR)
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Sclera, Retina, and Choroid
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Hordeolum
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Sty
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Glaucoma Treatment
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Decrease pressure in eye
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Presbyopia
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After 40, lens loses elasticity
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Pinkeye
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Dont Share Towels
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Optic Disc (Blind Spot)
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Where retina forms optic nerve
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Retina
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Contains rods and cones
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Aqueous Humor
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Fills anterior chamber of eye
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Vitreous Humor
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Maintains shape of eyeball fills posterior chamber
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Three Ear Bones (MIS)
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Malleus, Incus, and Stapes
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Eustachian Tube
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Connects ear to throat
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Typanic Membrane
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Eardrum. Separates middle ear and outer ear
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Eye
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1” in diameter
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Rods
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Sensitive to dim light
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Cones
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Sensitive to bright light and color
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External Auditory Canal
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Ear Canal
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Organs of Corti
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Delicate hairlike cells that pick up vibrations of fluid and transmit them as a sensory impulse along the auditory nerve to the brain
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Semicircular Canals
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Three structures in the inner ear contain liquid that is set in motion by head and body movements
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Nose
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Smell accounts for 90% of taste
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Conjunctivitis
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Pinkeye
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Glaucoma
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Excessive intraocular pressure causing destruction of retina
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Cataracts
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Lens becomes cloudy, pupils turn from black to milky white
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Macular Degeneration
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Eye disorder occurs with aging, the macula degenerates
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Detached Retina
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Retina detaches from choroid, results in total blindness
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Color Blindness
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Cones are affected, genetic disorder from females passed to males
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Hyperopia
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Farsighted
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Amblyopia
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Lazy Eye, reduction or dimness of vision
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Thrush
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Tongue Yeast infection, White patches form in mouth
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