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39 Cards in this Set
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ABRASION
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A SCRAPING INJURY IN WHICH THE SKIN OR MEMBRANE IS DENUDED.
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AQUEOUS HUMOR
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WATERY, TRANSPARENT LIQUID THAT CIRCULATES THROUGH ANTERIOR CAVITY (ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR CHAMBERS) OF THE EYE.
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ALPHA-CHYMOTRYPSIN
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USED DURING CATARACT SURGERY TO DISSOLVE THE ZONULES THAT ATTACH TO THE LENS OF THE EYE; INJECTED THROUGH THE IRIS.
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ANESTHETICS
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USED TO PRODUCE THE ABSENCE OF ALL SENSATION; USED LOCALLY OR TOPICALLY.
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ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS
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USED TO REDUCE INFLAMMATION AND PREVENT EDEMA; INJECTED OR USED TOPICALLY.
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BONY ORBIT
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ROUNDED SOCKET IN THE CRANIUM IN WHICH THE EYEBALL IS PARTIALLY SUNK.
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CALIPER
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USED FOR MAKING PERCISION MEASUREMENTS ON SUCH PROCEDURES AS CORNEAL, MUSCLE, OR EYEBALL SURGERIES.
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CANTHUS
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INNER OR OUTER CORNER OR ANGLE WHERE THE EYE LIDS MEET.
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CONJUNCTIVA
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MUCOUS MEMBRANE WHICH LINES EYELIDS AND COVERS THE ANTERIOR SURFACE OF THE GLOBE.
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CORNEA
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TRANSPARENT PORTION OF THE OUTER LAYER (SCLERA) OF THE EYEBALL.
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CORNEAL SCISSORS
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USED TO CUT THE CORNEA FOR INTRAOCULAR PROCEDURES.
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CRYSTALLINE LENS
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THE PART OF THE EYE WHICH, IN ADDITION TO THE CORNEA, REFRACTS LIGHT RAYS AND FOCUSES THEM ON THE RETINA.
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CYCLODIALYSIS SPATULA
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USED TO CREAT A TRACT BETWEEN THE ANTERIOR CHAMBER AND SUPRACHOROIDAL SPACE TO ALLOW FOR THE ESCAPE OF AQUEOUS HUMOR AND REDUCE INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE IN GLACOMA.
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EXTRAOCULAR
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OUTSIDE THE GLOBE OF THE EYE.
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EXTRINSIC EYE MUSCLES
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MUSCLES CONTAINING THE EYEBALL TO THE ORBIT CAVITY.
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EYE SPECULUM
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USED TO RETRACT OPEN THE EYELIDS FOR INTRAOCULAR PROCEDURES SUCH AS CATARACT EXTRACTION.
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FLOURESCEIN SODIUM
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USED TO STAIN THE CORNEA FOR DETECTING CORNEAL ABRASIONS AND FOREIGN BODIES; SWABBED ON SURFACE OF THE EYE.
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FORCEPS, SPECIALIZED
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USED TO GRASP DELICATE EYE TISSUE; NAME OF FORCEPS TYPICALLY INDICATES TYPE OF TISSUE TO BE GRASPED.
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GLOBE
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EYEBALL
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HYALURONIDASE
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USED AS AN ADJUNCT TO INCREASE ABSORPTION AND DISPERSION OF THE ANESTHETIC AGENT; INJECTED.
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IRIS
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COLORED MEMBRANE OF THE EYE WHICH SEPERATES THE ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR CHAMBERS; CONTRACTS AND DILATES TO REGULATE ENTRANCE OF LIGHT RAYS.
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IRIS HOOK
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USED TO RETRACT AND MANIPULATE THE IRIS ON INTRAOCULAR PROCEDURES SUCH AS CATARACT EXTRACTION.
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IRRIGANTS
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USED TO IRRIGATE ANTERIOR CHAMBER, TO KEEP CORNEA AND EYE TISSUE MOIST, AND TO SOAK AND RINSE INTRAOCULAR LENSES.
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LACRIMAL GLANDS AND DUCTS
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SYSTEMS WHICH SECRETES AND CONDUCTS TEARS.
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LENS LOOP
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USED TO POSTION THE LENS IN CATARACT EXTRACTION WITH INTRAOCULAR LENS IMPLANT.
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LIMBIS
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THE EDGE OF THE CORNEA WHERE IT UNITES WITH THE SCLERA.
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MARKERS
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USED TO MARK INCISIONS, OPTIC ZONES, ASTIGMATISM, RADIAL, OR CORNEA LINES.
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MIOTICS
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USED TO CONSTRICT THE PUPIL TO REDUCE INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; ALSO USED TO HELP PREVENT LOSS OF VITREOUS HUMOR IN CATARACT SURGERY; DROP FORM.
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MUSCLE HOOK
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USED TO RETRACT EXTRINSIC EYE MUSCLES (RECTUS AND OBLIQUE) IN PROCEDURES TO CORRECT STRABISMUS; ALSO USED ON ENUCLEATION.
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MYDRIATICS / CYCLOPLEGICS
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USED TO DILATE THE PUPIL; DROP FORM.
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MYOPIA
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LIGHT RAYS COME TO A FOCUS IN FRONT OF THE RETINA; NEARSIGHTEDNESS.
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NEEDLEHOLDER
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USED TO SUTURE DELICATE EYE TISSUE.
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OPTIC NERVE
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SECOND CRANIAL NERVE WITH SPECIAL SENSE OF SIGHT WHICH TRANSMITS IMPULSES TO THE OCCIPITAL REGION OF THE BRAIN CONCERNED WITH VISION.
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POSTERIOR CHAMBER
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SPACE BETWEEN IRIS AND LENS WHICH IS FILLED WITH AQUEOUS HUMOR.
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RETINA
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INNERMOST, INCOMPLETE COAT OF THE EYEBALL WHICH RECEIVES IMAGES FORMED BY THE LENS.
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SENSORY RECEPRORS
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RODS AND CONES IN THE RETINAL LAYER WHICH ARE STIMULATED BY LIGHT RAYS TO CONDUCT NERVE IMPULSES TO THE BRAIN VIA THE OPTIC NERVE.
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VASOCONSTRICTORS
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USED TO PROLONG DURATION OF LOCAL ANESTHETIC AND TO DECREASE BLEEDING; INJECTED AND TOPICAL.
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VITREOUS HUMOR
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CLEAR, JELLY-LIKE FLUID IN THE POSTERIOR CAVITY OF THE EYE WHICH FILLS THE VITEROUS BODY.
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ZONULES
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LIGAMENTS RADIATING FROM THE CILIARY BODY TO THE LENS, HOLDING THE LENS IN PLACE.
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