Chapter 8 Flashcards
(49 cards)
Wha are the Bone Structures?
- frontal
- zygomatic
- maxilla
- lacrimal
- ethmoid
- sphenoid
- palatine
Eyelids
- cleansing the eye
- closing from flying object
- closing from bright light
Eyelashes
-catch debris
Eyebrows
- prevent sweat from entering eye
- catch debris
- like an awning -sunlight
Lacrimal apparatus
- tears
- -99% water
- -1% salt, mucus, lysozyme
Conjunctiva (lining of eyelid)
-wash away debris and microorganism
Infection of the conjunctiva
Conjunctivitis (pink eye)
Adipose (behind eye)
-absorb shock
Outside of eyeball is called
Extrinsic Muscle
Up (look)
Superior rectus
Down (look)
Interior rectus
Look medial
Medial rectus
Look lateral
Lateral rectus
Roll eyes
Superior oblique
Interior oblique
- medial doctor with specialty in care and diseases of the eye
- surgeries prescribes any medicines
Ophthalmologist (M.D.)
- oplometry school (no med school)
- prescribe som medicines, perform simple surgeries
Optometrist (O. D.)
- goes to technical school
- makes lens-glasses or contracts according to a prescription
Optician
Eyelid infection
Sky
Pink eye (membrane infection)
Conjunctivitis
Irregular curvature of the cornea
Astigmatism
Clouding of lens
Cataract
- Rise in pressure of aqueous
- glaucoma is progressive, no cure, arresting its progress is the goal, eye drops can control it
Glaucoma
- near sightedness
- image focuses in front of the retina
- corrected with a concave lens
Myopia
- Farsightedness
- image focuses behind the retina
- corrected with a convex lens
Hyperopia