NUR 207 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE –
COMPREHENSIVE NURSING REVIEW
Eyes - Correct answer✅✅ Sensory organ of vision carrying visual data involved with processing visual
information
Eyelids - Correct answer✅✅ Bony orbital cavity with cushion of fat protecting the eye from injury
Palpebral fissure - Correct answer✅✅ Elliptical open space between the eyelids
Limbus - Correct answer✅✅ Border between the cornea and sclera
Canthus - Correct answer✅✅ Corner of the eye
Caruncle - Correct answer✅✅ Small, fleshy mass containing sebaceous glands
Tarsal plates - Correct answer✅✅ Strips of connective tissue that give the eyelid shape
Meibomia glands - Correct answer✅✅ Secretes oily lubricating material onto the lids preventing tears
from overflowing and forming an airtight seal
Conjunctiva - Correct answer✅✅ Thin mucous membrane folded like an envelope between the eyelids
and the eyeball
Cornea - Correct answer✅✅ Covers and protects the iris and pupil
Lacrimal Apparatus - Correct answer✅✅ Keeps the conjunctiva and cornea moist and lubricated
, Lacrimal gland - Correct answer✅✅ Secretes tears and drains into the puncta
Extraocular Muscles - Correct answer✅✅ 6 muscles that attach the eyeball to its orbit
Abducens nerve (CN VI) - Correct answer✅✅ Stimulates lateral rectus muscles (abducts the eye)
Trochlear nerve (CN IV) - Correct answer✅✅ Stimulates superior oblique muscle
Oculomotor nerve (CN III) - Correct answer✅✅ Stimulates superior, inferior, medial rectus and inferior
oblique muscles
Sclera - Correct answer✅✅ Tough, protective white covering of the eye
Choroid - Correct answer✅✅ Prevents light from reflecting and delivers blood to the retina
Pupil - Correct answer✅✅ Size reacts to the amount of ambient light and accommodation
Lens - Correct answer✅✅ Bulges for focusing on near objects and flattens for far objects
Retina - Correct answer✅✅ Visual receptive layer of the eye in which light waves are changed into
nerve impulses
Optic disk - Correct answer✅✅ Converges to form the optic nerve
Visual Pathway - Correct answer✅✅ Objects reflect light that is refracted through the transparent
media and strikes the retina
Fixation - Correct answer✅✅ Reflex direction of the eye toward an object attracting our attention
Accommodation - Correct answer✅✅ Adaptation of the eye for near vision
COMPREHENSIVE NURSING REVIEW
Eyes - Correct answer✅✅ Sensory organ of vision carrying visual data involved with processing visual
information
Eyelids - Correct answer✅✅ Bony orbital cavity with cushion of fat protecting the eye from injury
Palpebral fissure - Correct answer✅✅ Elliptical open space between the eyelids
Limbus - Correct answer✅✅ Border between the cornea and sclera
Canthus - Correct answer✅✅ Corner of the eye
Caruncle - Correct answer✅✅ Small, fleshy mass containing sebaceous glands
Tarsal plates - Correct answer✅✅ Strips of connective tissue that give the eyelid shape
Meibomia glands - Correct answer✅✅ Secretes oily lubricating material onto the lids preventing tears
from overflowing and forming an airtight seal
Conjunctiva - Correct answer✅✅ Thin mucous membrane folded like an envelope between the eyelids
and the eyeball
Cornea - Correct answer✅✅ Covers and protects the iris and pupil
Lacrimal Apparatus - Correct answer✅✅ Keeps the conjunctiva and cornea moist and lubricated
, Lacrimal gland - Correct answer✅✅ Secretes tears and drains into the puncta
Extraocular Muscles - Correct answer✅✅ 6 muscles that attach the eyeball to its orbit
Abducens nerve (CN VI) - Correct answer✅✅ Stimulates lateral rectus muscles (abducts the eye)
Trochlear nerve (CN IV) - Correct answer✅✅ Stimulates superior oblique muscle
Oculomotor nerve (CN III) - Correct answer✅✅ Stimulates superior, inferior, medial rectus and inferior
oblique muscles
Sclera - Correct answer✅✅ Tough, protective white covering of the eye
Choroid - Correct answer✅✅ Prevents light from reflecting and delivers blood to the retina
Pupil - Correct answer✅✅ Size reacts to the amount of ambient light and accommodation
Lens - Correct answer✅✅ Bulges for focusing on near objects and flattens for far objects
Retina - Correct answer✅✅ Visual receptive layer of the eye in which light waves are changed into
nerve impulses
Optic disk - Correct answer✅✅ Converges to form the optic nerve
Visual Pathway - Correct answer✅✅ Objects reflect light that is refracted through the transparent
media and strikes the retina
Fixation - Correct answer✅✅ Reflex direction of the eye toward an object attracting our attention
Accommodation - Correct answer✅✅ Adaptation of the eye for near vision
