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ability to focus for close vision
(under 20 feet) |
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inability to focus well on close objects
(farsightedness) |
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| reflex constriction of pupils when they are exposed to bright light |
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| clouding of the lens, resulting in loss of sight |
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| blurred vision, resulting from unequal curvature of the lens or cornea |
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| condition of increasing pressure inside the eye, resulting from blocked drainage of aqueous humor |
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| medial movement of the eyes during focusing on close objects |
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| accommodation pupillary reflex |
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| reflex contriction of the pupils when viewing close objects |
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| inability to see well in the dark, often a result of vitamin A deficiency |
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| attaches the lens to the ciliary body |
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| fluid in the anterior segment that provides nutrients to the lens and cornea |
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| area of retina that lacks photoreceptors |
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| contains muscle that controls the shape of the lens |
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| nutritive (vascular) layer of the eye |
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| drains the aqueous humor of the eye |
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| layer containing the rods and cones |
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| gel-like substance that helps to reinforce the eyeball |
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| area of acute or discriminatory vision |
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refractory media of the eye
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most anterior part of the sclera- your "window on the world" |
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| refractory media of the eye |
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| Structures composing Outer Ear |
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| Pinna, Vestibule, Tympanic Membrane |
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| Structures composing the bony or osseous labyrinth |
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| Cochlea, Vestibule, Stirrup (stapes) |
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| anvil (incus), hammer (malleus), stirrup (stapes) |
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| structures not involved in hearing |
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| Vestibule, Semicircular Canals |
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| allows pressure in middle ear to be equalized with the atmospheric pressure |
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| vibrates as sound waves hit it; transmits the vibrations to the ossicles |
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| contains the organ of Corti |
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| contains receptors for the sense of equilibrium |
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| vestibule, semicircular canals |
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| transmits the vibrations from the stirrup to the fluid in the inner ear |
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| fluid that bathes the sensory receptors of the inner ear |
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| fluid contained within the osseous labyrinth, which bathes the membranous labyrinth |
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