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108 Cards in this Set
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Contains the eyeball; cavity is lined with fatty tissue that cushions the eyeball and has several openings through which blood vessels and nerves pass
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Orbit
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Six short muscles provide support and rotary movement of the eyeball
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Muscles of the eye
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Protect the eyeballs from intense light, foreign particles, and impact
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Eyelids
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Acts as a protective covering for the exposed surface of the eyeball and helps keep the eyelid and eyeball moist
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Conjunctiva
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Produces, stores, and removes tears that cleanse and lubricate the eye
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Lacrimal apparatus
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Organ of vision
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Eyeball
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Outer layer of the eyeball composed of fibrous connective tissue; at the front of the eye, it is visible as the white of the eye and ends at the cornea
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Sclera
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Transparent anterior portion of the eyeball which bends light rays and helps to focus them on the surface of the retina
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Cornea
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Pigmented vascular membrane that prevents internal reflection of light
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Choroid
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Smooth muscle that forms a part of the ciliary body that governs the convexity of the lens; secretes nutrient fluids that nourish the cornea, the lens, and the surrounding tissues
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Ciliary body
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Colored portion of the eyeball (can appear as blue, brown, green, hazel, or gray) attached to the ciliary body with a circular opening in its center, the pupil, and two muscles that contract; regulates the amount of light admitted by the pupil
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Iris
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Innermost layer with photoreceptive cells; translates light waves focused on its surface into nerve impulses
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Retina
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Sharpens the focus of light on the retina (accommodation [Acc])
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Lens
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ambly
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dull
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-opia
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vision
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aniso
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unequal
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cor
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pupil
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-ia
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condition
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a-
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lack of, without
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phak
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lentil, lens
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stigmat
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point
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bi-
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two
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foc
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focus
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blepharo
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eyelid
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-ptosis
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prolapse, drooping
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choroid
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choroid
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conjunctiv
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to join together, conjuctiva
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corne
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cornea
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cryo
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cold
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surgery
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surgery
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cyclo
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ciliary body
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-plegia
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stroke, paralysis
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dacry
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tear, lacrimal duct, tear duct
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-oma
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tumor
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diplo
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double
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-opia
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sight, vision
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electro
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electricity
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retino
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retina
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em-
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in
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trop
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turn
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-ion
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process
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enucleat
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to remove the kernel of
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eso-
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inward
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exo-
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out
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gonio
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angle
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hemi-
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half
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an-
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lack of
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hyper-
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beyond
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intra-
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within
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ocul
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eye
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irid
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iris
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kerat
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cornea
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mio
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less, small
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-tic
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pertaining to
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mydriat
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dilation, widen
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my
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to shut
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nyctal
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night
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opthalmo
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eye
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opt
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eye
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metr
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measure
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metr
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measure
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-ist
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one who specializes
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orth
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straight
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phaco
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lens
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emulsificat
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disintegrate
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-lysis
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destruction, to separate
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photo
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light
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coagulat
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to clot
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-phobia
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fear
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pupill
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pupil
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presby
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old
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-ary
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pertaining to
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radi
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radiating out from a center
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retino
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retina
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-blast
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germ cell
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-pathy
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disease
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retro-
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behind
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lent
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lens
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fibro
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fiber
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-plasia
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formation
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scler
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sclera
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strabism
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a squinting
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-us
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structure
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tono
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tone
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-meter
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instrument to measure
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trich
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hair
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-iasis
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condition
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tri-
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three
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foc
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focus
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uve
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uvea
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xen
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foreign material
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xer
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dry
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Acc
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accomodation
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ALT
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argon laser trabeculoplasty
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EM
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emmetropia
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HT
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hyperopia
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IOL
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intraocular lens
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IOP
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intraocular pressure
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LPI
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laser peripheral iridotomy
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MY
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myopia
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RLF
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retrolental fibroplasia
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RPE
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retinal pigment epithelium
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SLT
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selective laser trabeculoplasty
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ST
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esotropia
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STDs
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sexually transmitted diseases
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VA
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visual activity
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VF
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visual field
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XT
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exotropia
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