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| A cell, a group of cells, or an organ that produces a secretion for use elsewhere in the body or in a body cavity or for elimination from the body |
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| An oily substance that prevents evaporation of the eye's tear film. |
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Lacrimal Apparatus:
The Sac |
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| The Lacrimal Sac also drains the eye of any debris, bacteria, dirt, etc. |
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Lacrimal Apparatus:
Canailculi |
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| also known as the lacrimal canals or lacrimal ducts, are the small channels in each eyelid that commence at minute orifices, termed puncta lacrimalia, on the summits of the papillae lacrimales, seen on the margins of the lids at the lateral extremity of the lacus lacrimalis. |
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| The conjunctiva lines the inside of the eyelids and covers the sclera (white part of the eye). It is composed of non-keratinized, stratified squamous epithelium. |
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*The lateral rectus muscle is one of the many extrinsic muscles that attach to the eye
*Crainal Nerves |
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| How many cranial nerves are responsible for eye movements? |
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| Three: (Oculomotor),(Trochlear), and (Abducens). |
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Eye Ball Wall
=Three Layers |
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Sclera
Vascular Layer
Sensory Layer |
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Sclera *part of eye ball wall*
=Fibrosis layer |
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Cornea *Part of eye ball wall*
= Fibrosis Layer |
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-The window
-Lots of receptors
-No blood vessels but *easily repaired |
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| Vascular Layer *PART OF EYE BALL WALL* |
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Innervates four of the extrinsic eye muscles
(motor)(eyelid and eyeball movement) |
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| Receptor found in the retina important for color vision and detailed sight. |
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| Central part of retina; area of retina with most accurate vision |
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| Muscles of eye that control the size of the pupil. Gives color to the eye. |
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| Transparent structure in the eye that focuses light on the retina |
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| Lateral rectus and medial rectus; Superior rectus and inferior rectus; Superior oblique and inferior oblique |
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| The junction between sclera and cornea |
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| Below eye, under eyelashes (obicularis muscle) |
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| Above eye, under eyelashes (obicularis muscle) |
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| Connective tissue within the eyelids |
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