Vitreous | | muscles surround the eyeball in the skull. |
Blindness | | The colored circular membrane in the eye just behind the cornea is called the ___________________ |
Farsightedness | | Every time we blink, our eyelids spread a layer of moisture over the __________ |
Conjunctiva | | The eye's __________ sits just behind the iris. |
Lens | | occurs when the incoming image is not focused on the retina, but behind it. |
Choroid | | The space in the center of the eyeball is filled with a clear jelly-like material called the _________________ |
Cornea | | the outermost protective layer. |
Aqueoushumor | | infection of one of the follicles from which the eyelashes grow. |
Extraocular | | there's a problem with the curve of the cornea. This causes part of the eye's image to be blurry. |
Retina | | This is the loss of useful sight. |
Lacrimal sac | | After they've done their job moistening the eyes, the tears flow into canals in the eyelids, which drain into the __________________ |
Pupil | | The eyeball sits in the eye socket (also called the ________) |
Macula | | usually caused by problems in the pigments of the cones in the retina. Most people who are _______________ can see some colors. |
Astigmatism | | occurs when the eye focuses the image of an object in front of the retina instead of directly on it. |
Colorblind | | middle layer that contains blood vessels that deliver oxygen and nutrients to the retina. |
Iris | | The retina then sends nerve signals through the back of the eye to the _____________ |
Conjunctivitis | | contains the muscular structure in the eye that changes the shape of the eye's lens. |
Sclera | | The iris controls the amount of light entering the eye through the _____________________ |
Ciliarybody | | ____________ glands in the upper outer corner of each eye socket produce tears. |
Nearsightedness | | small, specialized area on the retina. The ___________ helps our eyes see fine details when we look directly at an object. |
Lacrimal | | refers to inflammation (redness, pain, and swelling) of the conjunctiva. |
Sty | | clear mucous membrane that protects the eye from becoming dry |
Opticnerve | | innermost of the three layers, lines the inside of the eyeball. |
Orbit | | Behind the cornea is a watery fluid called the ______________ |