Vet Term-Eye And Ear

Front 1

anterior chamber

Back 1

area behind the cornea and in front of the lens and iris. It contains aqueous humor.

Front 2

aqueous humor

Back 2

fluid produced by the ciliary body and found in the anterior chamber. A humor is any body fluid, including blood and lymph

Front 3

choroid

Back 3

middle, vascular layer of the eye, between the retina and schlera

Front 4

ciliary body

Back 4

structure on each side of the lens that connects the choroid and iris. It contains ciliary muscles, which control the shape of the lens and it secretes aqueous humor

Front 5

conjunctiva

Back 5

delicate membrane lining the eyelids and covering the anterior eyeball

Front 6

cornea

Back 6

fibrous transparent layer of clear tissue that extends over the anterior portion of the eyeball. Derived from the latin corneus, meaning horny, perhaps because as it protrudes outward it was thought to resemble a horn

Front 7

fovea centralis

Back 7

tiny pit or depression in the retina that is the point of clearest vision

Front 8

fundus of the eye

Back 8

posterior, inner part of the eye

Front 9

iris

Back 9

colored, pigmented membrane surrounding the pupil of the eye

Front 10

lens

Back 10

transparent, biconvex body behind the pupil of the eye, It bends (refracts) light rays to bring them into focus on the retina

Front 11

macula

Back 11

yellowish region on the retina lateral to and slightly behind the optic disc; contains the fovea centralis, which is the area of clearest vision

Front 12

optic nerve

Back 12

cranial nerve carrying impulses from the retina to the brain (cerebral cortex)

Front 13

pupil

Back 13

dark opening of the eye, surrounded by the iris, through which light rays pass

Front 14

retina

Back 14

light sensitive nerve cell layer of the eye containing photoreceptor cells

Front 15

schlera

Back 15

tough, white outer coat of the eyeball

Front 16

vitreous humor

Back 16

soft, jelly like material behind the lens in the vitreous chamber; helps maintain the shape of the eyeball

Front 17

belphar/o

Back 17

eyelid

Front 18

conjunctiv/o

Back 18

conjunctiva

Front 19

cor/o

Back 19

pupil

Front 20

corne/o

Back 20

cornea

Front 21

dacry/o

Back 21

tears, tear duct

Front 22

ir/o, irid/o

Back 22

iris

Front 23

kerat/o

Back 23

cornea

Front 24

lacrim/o

Back 24

tears

Front 25

palpebr/o

Back 25

eyelid

Front 26

pupill/o

Back 26

pupil

Front 27

schlera/o

Back 27

schlera (white of the eye)

Front 28

uve/o

Back 28

uvea

Front 29

mi/o

Back 29

smaller, less

Front 30

mydr/o

Back 30

widen, enlarge

Front 31

cataract

Back 31

clouding of the lens, causing decreased vision

Front 32

glaucoma

Back 32

increased intraocular pressure results in damage to the retina and optic nerves with loss of vision

Front 33

blepharitis

Back 33

inflammation of eyelid, causing redness, crusting, and swelling along lid margins

Front 34

entropian

Back 34

inversion of the eyelid, causing the lashes to rub against the eye, corneal abrasion may result

Front 35

ptosis

Back 35

dropping of upper lid margin as a result of neuromuscular problems

Front 36

nystagmus

Back 36

repetitive rhythmic movements of one or both eyes

Front 37

retinal detachment

Back 37

two layers of the retina seperate from each other, trauma to the eye, head injuries, bleeding scarring from the infection...

Front 38

strabismus

Back 38

abnormal deviation of the eye

Front 39

tarsus

Back 39

edge of eyelid

Front 40

tarsorrhaphy

Back 40

sewing eyelid shut

Front 41

cherry eye

Back 41

prolaps of gland of 3rd eyelid

Front 42

heterochroma iridis

Back 42

different colored irises

Front 43

anisocoria

Back 43

different sized pupils

Front 44

tapetum

Back 44

sits behind retina collects light, glows in animal eyes at night

Front 45

auditory canal

Back 45

channel that leads from the pinna to the eardrum

Front 46

auditory meatus

Back 46

auditory canal

Front 47

cerumen

Back 47

ear wax

Front 48

cochlea

Back 48

snail shaped, spirally wound tube in inner ear, contains hearing sensitive receptor cells

Front 49

endolymph

Back 49

fluid within the labyrinth of the inner ear

Front 50

pinna

Back 50

auricle, flap of the ear

Front 51

tympanic membrane

Back 51

membrane between the outer and middle ear, also called the eardrum

Front 52

myring/o

Back 52

eardrum

Front 53

otitis externa

Back 53

inflammation of the other ear-cocker spaniels

Front 54

otitis media

Back 54

inflammation of the middle ear

Front 55

otoschlerosis

Back 55

hardening of the bony tissue of the middle ear