PARTS OF THE EYE Flashcards
the white space between open eyelids.
Palpebral fissure
The eyelids join at two points:
LATERAL MEDIAL CANTHUS
– consists of glands and ducts that lubricate the eye.
Lacrimal Apparatus
located in the upper outer corner of the orbital cavity just above the eye, produces tears
lacrimal gland,
which secrete an oily substance that lubricates the eyelid.
meibomian glands,
NERVES IN EYES
Oculomotor (III)
Trochlear (IV)
Abducens (VI)
(the “window of the eye”) permits the entrance of light, which passes through the lens to the retina.
cornea
consists of muscle tissue that controls the thickness of the lens,
ciliary body
circular disc of muscle containing pigments
that determine eye color.
Iris
receives visual stimuli and
sends it to the brain.
retina,
light, regulate black-
and-white vision, and function in dim light.
RODS
are sensitive to
color.
CONES
It is where the optic nerve enters the
eyeball.
optic disc
known as the fovea centralis
retinal depression
WHAT CHAMBER is located between
the cornea and the
iris;
Anterior chamber
