final Exam
Aqueous Humor
Located in both anterior and posterior chambers, helps to keep the cornea moist and to maintain
intraocular pressure
Crystalline Lens
Has a refractive power of 17.00 Diopters and focuses light on the retina. Gets thicker and slimmer to
focus.
Accomodation
Thickening of the lens.
Vitreous Humor
Serves to maintain the proper shape and temperature of the eye.
Retina
the light-sensitive inner surface of the eye, containing the receptor rods and cones plus layers of
neurons that begin the processing of visual information
Macula
The area on the back of the retina
, Cones
Responsible for day-vision and perceiving detail and color
Rods
Responsible for night-vision and perceiving black and white
Fovea Centralis
The most sensitive area of the retina located in the center of the macula
Extra Ocular Muscles
Inserted into the sclera and enable rotation in all directions.
Strabismus
Muscle imbalance
Phoria
A tendency for the eyes to turn from the normal position to binocular vision
Tropia
A tendency for the definite and obvious turning of the eyes from normal vision