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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Accommodation | Adjustment of the eyes, enabling light rays to focus on the retina. Adjustment of the thickness of the lens to make close vision possible. |
| Achromatopsia | Colour blindness. |
| Amblyopia | Starbismus or " lazy eye syndrome" in children. |
| Ametropia | An error in refraction causing poor focus. |
| Anacusis | Deafness. |
| Anosmia | Loss of the sense of smell. |
| Astigmatism | A form of ametropia in which a defective lens causes diffusion of light rays over the retina, rather than sharply focusing at a given point. Imperfection of the curvature. |
| Blepharoptosis | Prolapse of the eyelid. |
| Blepharoplasty | Surgical repair of the eyelid. |
| Cataracts | Opacities on the lens or the capsule that encloses the lens, causing loss of vision. Trectment usually involves removeal of lens. |
| Cerumen | A waxy secretion produced by the glands of the external ear canal to prevent the entrance of tiny foregn particles. |
| Ciliary Muscles | Muscles which relax or contract to alter the shape of the lens, making it thicker or thiner, thrs enabling the light rays to focus upon the retina. |
| Cochlea | Snail shaped inner ear structure. |
| Conjunctivitis | Inflammation of the conjunctiva. |
| Cones | Senses colour vision. |
| Corectasis | Dilation of the pupil. |
| Cornea | The clear, transparent portion of the sclera, anterior to the lens. "Window" of the eye. |
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