LESSON 11: SENSES (EYES) Flashcards

1
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Visual system includes the eyes, accesory structures and sensory neurons

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Vision

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2
Q

Prevent perpiration from running down forehead to eyes

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Eyebrows

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3
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Protect from foreign objects

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Eyelids and eyelashes

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4
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Rapid opening & closing of eyelids

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Blink Reflex

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5
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Thin, transparent mucous membrane covering the inner surface of eyelids

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Conjunctiva

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6
Q

Consist of lacrimal glands that produces tears

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Lacrimal apparatus

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7
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Six skeletal muscle that responsible for eyeball movement

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Extrinsic eye muscle

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8
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Extrinsic Eye Muscles

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Superior rectus, inferior rectus, medial rectus, lateral rectus, superior oblique, inferior oblique

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9
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A hollow, fluid-filled sphere within orbit

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Eyeball

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10
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Three tissue layers/tunics

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  1. Fibrous tunic
  2. Vascular tunic
  3. Nervous tunic
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11
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Outermost layer of eyeball

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Fibrous tunic

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12
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Firm, white outer layer that helps maintain eye shape

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Sclera

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13
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Transparent; permits entry of light

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Cornea

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14
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Middle layer of eyeball; contains blood vessel

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Vascular tunic

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15
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Consist of vascular network &a many melanin containing pigment cells

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Choroid

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16
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Contains cillary muscles

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Cilliary body

17
Q

A flexible biconvex, transparent dics

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Lens

18
Q

Colored part of the eye

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Iris

19
Q

An opening where the light passes through

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Pupil

20
Q

Inner most of eyeball

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Nervous Tunic

21
Q

Cover the posterior 5/6 of eye

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Retina

22
Q

Outer; keeps light from reflecting back in eye

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Pigmented retina

23
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Inner; contains photoreceptors

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Sensory Retina

24
Q

Sensitive to light and can function in dim light

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Rods

25
Q

Contain a photosensitive pigment

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Rhodopsin

26
Q

Colorless protein

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Opsin

27
Q

Yellow pigment; requires vitamin A to be manufactured

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Retinal

28
Q

Require more light and provide color vision

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Cones

29
Q

Regulate & relay changes in photoreceptor

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Interneurons

30
Q

Synapse of rods and cones

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Bipolar cells

31
Q

Together with bipolar cells; modify the output of rods and cones

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Horizontal cells

32
Q

The first two cells synapse with these cells; form the optic nerve (II)

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Ganglion cells