Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
#je$$ stack112 wk 4
#1jess pharm 112 term week 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aqueous humor | fluid found in the anterior cavity of the eye |
| central vision | what is seen when you look strait ahead or read |
| conjunctiva | transparent mucous membrane that lines the underside of the eyelid |
| cornea | clear part of the eye located in front of the iris |
| glaucoma, angle closure | sudden increase in intraocular pressure caused obstruction of the drainage portal between the cornea and iris |
| glaucoma, open angle | disorder characterized by elevated pressure in the eye |
| intraocular pressure | inner pressure of the eye |
| iris | colored part of eye that can expand or contract to allow the right amount of light to enter the eye |
| keratotomy | incision of the cornea to correct myopia |
| lacrimal apparatus | structures that keep the surface of the eye moistened with tears |
| optic disk | ocular end of the optic nerve where the retinal nerve fibers from the eye exit and the blood vessels enter the eye |
| optic nerve | bundle of nerve fibers located in the back of the eye that connects the retina to the brain |
| peripheral vision | sometimes called side vision |
| tonometry | use of a device to measure the pressure in the eye |
| trabecular meshwork | small openings around the outer edge of the iris |
| solution | liquid containing a dissolved substance whereby the dissolved substance cannot be distinguished from the resultant fluid |
| suspension | state of a solid when its particles are mixed with, but not dissolved in a liquid |
| gel | semi-solid precipitated or coagulated colloid |
Created by:
je$$tech
Popular Pharmacology sets