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33 Cards in this Set
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Accommodation |
Adjustment of the eye for various distances so that images fall on the retina of the eye |
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Acuity |
Clearness or sharpness of a sensory function |
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Adnexa |
Tissues or structure in the body adjacent to or near a related structure |
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Humor |
Any fluid or semifluid of the body |
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Labyrinth |
Series of intricate communicating passages |
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Opaque |
Substance or surface that neither transmits nor allows the passage of light |
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Perilymph |
Fluid that very closely resembles spinal fluid but found in the cochlea |
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Photopigment |
Light-sensitive pigment in the retinal cones & rods that absorbs light & initiates the visual process |
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Refractive |
Ability to bend light rays as they pass from one medium to another |
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Tunic |
Layer or coat of tissue (membrane layer) |
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Amblyopia |
Dimness of vision |
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Aqueous |
Pertaining to water |
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Blepharoptosis |
Prolapse or downward displacement of the eyelid |
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Choroidopathy |
Disease of the choroid |
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Coreometer |
Instrument for measuring the pupil |
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Pupillography |
Process of recording movement of the pupil |
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Cycloplegia |
Paralysis of the ciliary body |
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Dacryoma |
Tumorlike swelling of the lacrimal duct |
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Lacrimotomy |
Incision of the lacrimal duct or sac |
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Dacryocystoptosis |
Prolapse of the lacrimal sac |
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Hyperopia |
Excess farsighted vision |
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Exotropia |
Abnormal turning outward of one or both eyes |
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Esotropia |
Turning inward of eyes (cross eyed) |
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Heteropsia |
Inequality of vision in the 2 eyes |
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Presbycusis |
Hearing loss associated with old age |
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Anacusia |
Not hearing (deaf) |
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Tympanostomy |
Forming an opening in the tympanic membrane |
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Glaucoma |
Gray tumor |
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Gonioscopy |
Visual examination of the irideocorneal angle |
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Iridoplegia |
Paralysis of the sphincter of the iris |
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Keryatotomy |
Incision of the cornea |
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Oculomycosis |
Fungal infection of eye or its parts |
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Phacocele |
Herniation displacement of the lens into the interior chamber of eye |