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Cycloplegic Agents | Agents which paralyze ci;iary muscles, causing dilation of the pupils. |
Dacryocystorhinostomy | Creation of an opening into the nose for draining of tears. |
Dacryorrhea | Flow of tears. |
Ear canal | Slender tube lined with galnds, through which sound waves travel to the middle ear. |
Emmetropia | Correct vision/ Normal vision. |
Equilibrium | A state of balance, controlled by the semicircular canals and the vestibule. |
Esotropia | Inward turning of the eye. |
ET | Exotropia (Turning outward of the eyes). |
Eustachitis | Inflammation of the eustachian tube. |
Exotropia | Outward turning of the eye. |
Evisceration | Removal of the viscera (contents of an organ). |
Eustachian Tube | A tube which connects the nose and the throat with the cavity of the middle ear. Equalizes pressure on both sides of the eardrum. |
Fovea | Area of clearest sharpest vision in the retina. |
Glaucoma | Eye disease with increased pressure within the eyeball. Increase in intraocular pressure. |
Hairs of corti | Tiny nerve ending within the cocglea which combine with cochlea fluid to generate nerve impulses to the brain via the auditorynerve. |
Hyperopia | Farsightedness. |
Incus | One of the three bones of the middle ear; shaped like an anvil. Transmits vibrations from malleus to stapes. |
Iris | Coloured part of the eye. |