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Lab test
parts of the eye
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
02/22/2010

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Fluid filling the anterior segment of the eye
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Aqueous humor
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The "white" of the eye
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Sclera
Term
Part of the retina that lacks photoreceptors
Definition
optic disc
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Modification of the choroid that controls the shape of the crystalline lens and contains the ciliary muscle
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Ciliary body
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Drains the aqueous humor from the eye
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Scleral venous sinus
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Layer containing the rods and cones
Definition
Retina
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Subtance occupying the posterior segment of the eyeball
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Vitreous humor
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Forms the bulk of the heavily pigmented vascular layer
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Choroid
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Smooth muscle structures
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Ciliary body, iris
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Area of critical focusing and discriminatory vision
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fovea centralis
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form (by filtration) the aqueous humor
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Ciliary processes of the ciliary body
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Light-bending media of the eye (4)
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Aqueous humor, cornea, vitreous humor, lens
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Anterior continuation of the sclera- your "window on the world"
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Cornea
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Composed of tough, white, opaque, fibrous connective tissue
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Sclera
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