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| the adjustment of the lens of the eye for varation in distance |
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| glacoma that occurs as a result of narrowed anatomic angle between the lens and cornea |
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| bubble like portion of the front of the eye between the iris and the cornea |
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| the clear watery fluid circulation in the anterior and posterior chambers of the eye |
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| referring to any substance that kills bacteria |
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| refering to any substance that stops the growth and reproduction of bacteria |
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| a tiny circular vein at the angle of the anterior chamber of the eye through which the aqueous humor is draned and ultimately funneled into the blood stream aka(schlemm canal) |
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| an abnormal progressive condition of the lens of the eye charcterized by loss of transparency with resultant blurred vision |
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| circular muscle between the anterior and posterior chambers of the eye behind the iris, its conected to the suspensory ligaments that modulate the curvature of the lens |
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| photorecptive cells in the retina of the eye that enables a person to percieve colors and play a large role in central vision |
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| the convex transparent anterior part of the eye |
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| paralysis of the ciliary muscles which prevents the accommodation of the lens for varations in distance |
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| drugs that paralyze the cilary muscles of the eye |
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| amuscle that constricts the iris of the eye but dilates the pupil (aka dilator papillae) |
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| an abnormal condition of elevated pressure with in an eye because of obstruction of the outflow of aqueous humor |
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| the pressure of the fluids of the eye against the tunics |
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| round muscular portion of the eye that gives the eye its color and serves as an aperture controlling the amount of light passing through the pupil |
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| small tubes that drain tears from the lacrimal glands into the nasal cavaity |
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| glands located at eh medial corners of the eye lids that produce tears |
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| glands located at the medial corners of the eye lids that produce tears |
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| transparent, crystalline curved structure of the eye that is located dirctly behind the iris and the pupil and is attached to the ciliary body by ligaments |
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| an enzyme with antiseptic actions that destroys some foreign organisms it is normally present i tears saliva sweat and breast milk |
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| drugs that constrict the pupil |
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| drugs that dilate th pupil |
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| a type of glaucoma that is oftern bilateral develops slowly, is geneticxally determined and dose not involve a narrowing of the angle between the iris and the cornea |
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| a major nerve that connects the posterior end of each eye to the brain to which it transmits visual signals |
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| part of the eye behind the iris but in front of the vitreous body |
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| a circular opening in the iris of the eye, located slightly to the nasal side of the center of the iris the pupol lies behind the anterior chamb er of trhe eye and the cornea and in front of the lens |
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| the innermost layer of the eye contaning both rods and cones that recieve visual stimyli and transmit them to the optic nerve |
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| a tiny cylindrical photoreceptive elements arranged perpendicularly to the surface of the retina rods are espically sensitive to low intensity light and are responsible for black and white peripheral vision |
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| a muscle that expands the iris while constricting or narrowing the diameter of the pupil |
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| watery alsine or alkaline fluid secreted by the lacrimal gland to mosisten the conjunctiva |
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| fiberous tunic beneath the sclera that includes the iris the ciliary body and the choroid of the eye |
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| a transparent swmigleatinous substance contained in a thin membrane filling the cavity behind the lens |
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| the fluid compontent of the vitreous body |
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