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Anterior Chamber - correct answer✔✔behind the cornea, in front of the iris. Filled with
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clear watery fluid
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Aqueous Humor - correct answer✔✔clear watery fluid produced by ciliary body. provides
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nutrients for lens and posterior cornea, carries away waste. maintains ocular pressure
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Choroid - correct answer✔✔blood vessels that nourish the retina. between the sclera and
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retina
Ciliary Muscle - correct answer✔✔muscle that alters the shape of crystalline lens. Has
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direct control of focusing ability
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Conjunctiva - correct answer✔✔clear, cellophane like tissue covers sclera and inside ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
surface of lids. ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Palpebral Conjunctiva - correct answer✔✔lines lids ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Bulbar Conjunctiva - correct answer✔✔covers sclera
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Cornea - correct answer✔✔clear, transparent tissue on very front of eye. most powerful
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refractive media. provides ability to focus on light. Avascular (has no blood vessels)
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5 Layers of Cornea - correct answer✔✔Front to Back:
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, 1) Epithelium
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2) Bowman's layer
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3) Stroma ||\\//||
4) Descenet's membrane
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5) Endothelium
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Limbus - correct answer✔✔junction of sclera and cornea ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Crystalline Lens - correct answer✔✔Provides focusing power. the 2nd most powerful ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
refractive medium ||\\//||
Medial Rectus - correct answer✔✔most powerful extraocular muscle. turns eye toward the
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nose (adduction) ||\\//||
Inferior Rectus - correct answer✔✔turns eye downward (depresssion). also adducts. can
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rotate top of eye toward the temple and bottom of the eye towards the nose (extorsion)
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Lateral Rectus - correct answer✔✔moves eye away from nose (abduction)
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Superior Rectus - correct answer✔✔moves eye upwards (elevation). Also adducts. Rotates
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top of eye toward nose and bottom of eye toward temple (intorsion)
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Superior Oblique - correct answer✔✔Primary role is intorsion. Also depression and
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abduction
Inferior Oblique - correct answer✔✔only extraocular muscle that's origin is at front of orbit.
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Primary role is extorsion. Also elevation and abductino
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Anterior Chamber - correct answer✔✔behind the cornea, in front of the iris. Filled with
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clear watery fluid
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Aqueous Humor - correct answer✔✔clear watery fluid produced by ciliary body. provides
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nutrients for lens and posterior cornea, carries away waste. maintains ocular pressure
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Choroid - correct answer✔✔blood vessels that nourish the retina. between the sclera and
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retina
Ciliary Muscle - correct answer✔✔muscle that alters the shape of crystalline lens. Has
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direct control of focusing ability
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Conjunctiva - correct answer✔✔clear, cellophane like tissue covers sclera and inside ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
surface of lids. ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Palpebral Conjunctiva - correct answer✔✔lines lids ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Bulbar Conjunctiva - correct answer✔✔covers sclera
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Cornea - correct answer✔✔clear, transparent tissue on very front of eye. most powerful
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refractive media. provides ability to focus on light. Avascular (has no blood vessels)
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5 Layers of Cornea - correct answer✔✔Front to Back:
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, 1) Epithelium
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2) Bowman's layer
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3) Stroma ||\\//||
4) Descenet's membrane
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5) Endothelium
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Limbus - correct answer✔✔junction of sclera and cornea ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Crystalline Lens - correct answer✔✔Provides focusing power. the 2nd most powerful ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
refractive medium ||\\//||
Medial Rectus - correct answer✔✔most powerful extraocular muscle. turns eye toward the
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nose (adduction) ||\\//||
Inferior Rectus - correct answer✔✔turns eye downward (depresssion). also adducts. can
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rotate top of eye toward the temple and bottom of the eye towards the nose (extorsion)
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Lateral Rectus - correct answer✔✔moves eye away from nose (abduction)
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Superior Rectus - correct answer✔✔moves eye upwards (elevation). Also adducts. Rotates
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top of eye toward nose and bottom of eye toward temple (intorsion)
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Superior Oblique - correct answer✔✔Primary role is intorsion. Also depression and
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abduction
Inferior Oblique - correct answer✔✔only extraocular muscle that's origin is at front of orbit.
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Primary role is extorsion. Also elevation and abductino
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