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What is the function of the conjunctiva?
What is the function of the conjunctiva?
What is the purpose of the ciliary body?
What is the purpose of the ciliary body?
What is the function of the retina?
What is the function of the retina?
What is the name of the structure that provides the greatest acuity for color vision?
What is the name of the structure that provides the greatest acuity for color vision?
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What is the term for the adjustment of the lens to focus on an image?
What is the term for the adjustment of the lens to focus on an image?
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What is the term for the ability of the eye to bend light rays as they pass from one medium to another?
What is the term for the ability of the eye to bend light rays as they pass from one medium to another?
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What is the name of the fluid that closely resembles spinal fluid but is found in the cochlea?
What is the name of the fluid that closely resembles spinal fluid but is found in the cochlea?
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What is the term for the light-sensitive pigment in the retinal cones and rods that absorbs light and initiates the visual process?
What is the term for the light-sensitive pigment in the retinal cones and rods that absorbs light and initiates the visual process?
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Which of the following structures is NOT part of the adnexa of the eye?
Which of the following structures is NOT part of the adnexa of the eye?
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What is the term for the adjustment of the eye for various distances, ensuring images focus on the retina?
What is the term for the adjustment of the eye for various distances, ensuring images focus on the retina?
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Which of the following is NOT a general sensation?
Which of the following is NOT a general sensation?
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What is the term for the clearness or sharpness of a sensory function?
What is the term for the clearness or sharpness of a sensory function?
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What part of the ear is responsible for hearing?
What part of the ear is responsible for hearing?
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Which of the following is a common disorder affecting the eye?
Which of the following is a common disorder affecting the eye?
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Study Notes
Eye Anatomy and Physiology
- Opaque: Substance or surface that does not transmit light.
- Eye Structure: Globe-shaped organ with three layers: fibrous tunic, vascular tunic, and sensory tunic.
Fibrous Tunic
- Outer Layer: Protective coat of the eye, includes sclera, cornea, and conjunctiva.
- Sclera: White part of the eye, providing structure and strength.
- Cornea: Transparent dome-shaped layer that admits light, lacks capillaries, nourished by eye fluids.
- Conjunctiva: Covers the eye's outer surface except the cornea, lines the eyelids.
Vascular Tunic (Uvea)
- Middle Layer: Comprised of the choroid, iris, and ciliary body.
- Choroid: Supplies blood to the eye, contains pigmented cells to block excess light.
- Iris: Colored, contractile membrane with a central pupil that controls light entry.
- Ciliary Body: Muscle that produces aqueous humor and adjusts lens shape for focusing.
Sensory Tunic
- Retina: Contains the outer pigmented layer and the inner nervous layer for visual info processing.
- Rods: Receptors sensitive to dim light, enabling black and white vision.
- Cones: Receptors for bright light, facilitating color vision.
- Macula: Central part of the retina, site of highest sensitivity.
- Fovea: Center of macula made up only of cones, providing the best color vision acuity.
- Optic Nerve: Transmits visual impulses to the brain.
Special Senses
- General Sensations: Include touch, pressure, pain, and temperature.
- Specific Sensations: Relate to smell, taste, vision, hearing, and balance (equilibrium).
Key Terms
- Accommodation: Eye's adjustment for focus at different distances.
- Acuity: Clarity and sharpness of sensory perception.
- Adnexa: Adjacent tissues to the eyes, including extraocular muscles, orbits, eyelids, conjunctiva, and lacrimal apparatus.
- Humor: Refers to any bodily fluid or semifluid.
- Labyrinth: Complex system of passages, specifically in the ear (cochlea, semicircular canals, vestibule).
Eye Disorders
- Glaucoma: Increased intraocular pressure leading to vision loss.
- Macular Degeneration: Loss of central vision due to retinal damage.
Ear Disorders
- Otitis Media: Inflammation or infection of the middle ear.
- Otosclerosis: Abnormal bone growth in the ear causing hearing loss.
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Description
This quiz covers the anatomy and physiology of the special senses, including the eye and ear, and associated diseases and disorders. Topics include general and specific sensations, eye and ear anatomy, and oncology.
