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Special senses
Term | Definition |
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Accomodation | Adjustment of the focus of the eye |
Achromatic | Without color |
Afterimage | Image continuing to appear in one's vision after exposure |
Amplitude | Maximum potential increase in optical power |
Astigmatism | Visual impairment due to irregularity in the dome shaped curvature of the front surface of the eye |
Audiometer | Machine that evaluates hearing activity |
Auditory | Sense of hearing |
Cataract | Clouding of the lenses |
Chromatic | With color |
Cochlea | Houses the hearing receptor |
Concave | Curved or depressed surface |
Conduction | Ability to transmit an electrical impulse |
Cones | Provides for color vision |
Conjunctiva | Thin protective mucous membrane in eye |
Constrict | Become narrow |
Convergence | Turning to a common point from same directions |
Convex | Rounded surface |
Cornea | Transparent anterior portion of the eyeball |
Cuticle | Outer layer of living tissue |
Decibel | Measure of sound level |